Government – Federal – Appointment
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney (1969- )
Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, an international businessman and diplomat, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 3, 1969, but grew up...
Crystal Nix-Hines (1963- )
Crystal Nix-Hines is an attorney, screenwriter, producer, and diplomat who was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on August 23, 1963. Her...
Cheryl Mills (1965- )
Cheryl D. Mills was the Counsel and Chief of Staff for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from January 2009 until...
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo (1981- )
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo is a Nigerian-American economist. He is best known for serving as Deputy National Security Adviser for International...
Christopher F. Edley, Jr. (1953-2024)
Law professor and federal government official Christopher F. Edley Jr. was born on January 13, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts, to...
Kendrick Meek (1966- )
Kendrick Meek, former highway patrolman, Florida state representative, and state senator, served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic representative from Florida’s 17th District...
Lynching of Julia and Frazier Baker (1898)
Frazier Baker, a schoolteacher and married father of six, was appointed the first African American postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina, in July...
George Neves Leighton (1912-2018)
Judge George Neves Leighton and his twin sister, Georgina, were born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on October 22, 1912, to...
Eddie Bernice Johnson (1935-2023)
An early career in health care led to political aspirations for Eddie Bernice Johnson, culminating in her position representing Texas...
