POLITICS
General Colin Powell Jamaica
Head, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
US Secretary of State
Rep Mervyn Dymally Trinidad
Congressman, California
Rep Shirley Chissolm Barbados
Congresswoman, Brooklyn, NY
First black/woman Presidential candidate
Rep Donna Christian-Christensen
Congresswoman, USVI Virgin Islands
Rep Yvette D. Clarke Jamaica
Congresswoman, Brooklyn, NY
Hon. Elizabeth Angela King St Vincent/Grenadines
US Special Ambassador to UN
Governor David A. Patterson Grenada
Lt Governor & Governor, NYS
Hon Constance Baker Motley St Kitts
NYS Senator (1964-65)
Manhattan Boro President (1965-66)
Hon Basil Patterson
Senator, NYS (1966) Grenada
Hon Dr Waldaba Stewart Panama
Senator, NYS (1967-75)
Hon Thomas Dyett M’rat
NY County Asst D.A. (1927)
NYS Democratic Committee man (1940)
Hon Hulan Jack St Lucia
Borough President, Manhattan
Twice NYS Assemblyman 1940 & 1964
Hon Ivan Warner
NYS Assembly (1958) & Senate (1960)
Hon Joseph Galiber Antigua
Senator, NYS (1968)
Hon Shirley Chisolm B'dos/Guyana
NYS Assembly 1964 & US Congress 1968-82
Hon Charles Rangel P.R.
NYS Assembly and US Congress
Hon John Sampson, Esq
NYS Senate Majority Leader Guyana
Hon Nick Perry
NYS Assembly Majority Leader Jamaica
Hon Pauline Rhodd-Cummings
Assemblywoman, NYS Jamaica
Hon Edward Griffith
Deputy Speaker, NYS Assembly Panama
Hon William Thompson
Comptroller, NYC St Kitts
NYC mayoral candidate
Hon Helen Marshall Guyana
Borough President, Queens, NY
Hon Yvonne Graham
Dep. Boro President, Brooklyn Jamaica
Hon Rosemonde Pierrre-Louis
Dep. Boro President, Manhattan Haiti
Hon Earl Browne
Dep. Borough President, Bronx T&T
Hon Raymond Jones
NYC Council (1960); USVI
Democratic NY County Leader (Harlem)
Hon Frederick Samuels
Councilmember, NYC (1974-85) M’rat
Hon Una S.T. Clarke, CD
Councilmember, NYC 40th-Bkln Jamaica
Hon Dr Lloyd Henry
Councilmember, NYC - 45th Bklyn Belize
Hon Dr Kendall Stewart
Councilmember, NYC – 45th Bklyn St Vincent
Hon Juanita Watkins
Councilmember, NYC Barbados
Hon Leroy Comrie
Councilman, NYC – (27th-Queens) Jamaica
Hon Dr Mathieu Eugene
Councilman, NYC 40th-Bkln Haiti
Hon Noel C Spencer
Councilman, Town of Chester, NY Jamaica
Charles Rangel P.R.
NYS Assembly 1964 and US Congress
Hon. Herman Badillo P.R.
Bronx Boro President 1966, NY -
Fernando J. “Freddy” Ferrer P.R.
Bronx, Boro President. NY
NYC mayoral candidate
Adolfo Carrion P.R.
Bronx Boro President, NY
Ruben Diaz Jr P.R.
Bronx Boro President
Guillermo Linares Dom. Rep
First Dom Amer elected in US
NYC Council
Adriano Espaillat (NY) D.R.
First Dominican American elected to
a state legislature in the US
Hon Grace Diaz, NY, D.R.
First Dominican American female
elected to a state legislature in the US
Hon Juan Pichardo D.R.
State Senator, Rhode Island
First Dom. Amer. elected State Senator in US.
Hon Anthony G. Brown
Lt Governor, MD Jamaica
Hon Ronald Blackwood
Mayor, Mt Vernon Jamaica
Hon Allan Thompson
Mayor Spring Valley, NY Jamaica
Hon Adrian M. Fenty
Mayor, D.C. Jamaica
Hon. Wayne Hall Sr.
Mayor, Hempstead, NY Jamaica
Hon Winston E Barnes
Vice Mayor, Miramar, FL Jamaica
Hon. Maureen Walker
City Comptroller, Mt Vernon, NY Guyana
Hon Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
General Assembly Rep, MD Jamaica
Hon. Veronica Eirey-Wilson
Deputy Mayor, Hartford, CT Jamaica
Hon Dr Alred Dyce
Bloomfield City Council, CT Jamaica
Hon Hazelle Rogers Jamaica
Commissioner, Lauderdale Lakes, FL.
FL State Assembly representative
Hon Don Samuels Jamaica
Minneapolis City Council, MN
Hon Marcos Denvers D.R.
First Dominican American mayor in the U.S.,
appointed Acting Mayor, Lawrence, MA
Hon Dr. Alex D. Blanco D.R.
Passaic Mayor, NJ
First Dom. Amer. Mayor elected in US
Hon Kwame Raoul
Illinois State Senator Haiti
Hon Jean Jeudy
Assemlyman, Concord, NH Haiti
Hon Marie Saint-Fleur
Assemblywoman, Boston MA Haiti
Hon Jocewlyne Dorcena
Assemblywoman, Boston MA Haiti
Hon Lionel Jean-Baptiste
Councilman, Evanston, IL Haiti
Hon Jacques Modestine
Councilman, Miami, FL Haiti
Hon Dr Jacques Jiha Haiti
Deputy Comptroller, NYC, NYS, Nssaue Co.
UNITED KINGDOM
Lord Pitt
British House of Lords Grenada
Hon. Eric Irons
First Black Magistrate in UK Jamaica
Human Rights activist, Nottingham
Hon David Lammy, MP
UK Minister of Culture, Media, Sports, Jamaica
Hon Diane Abbott, MP
UK House of Commons Jamaica
Hon Dawn Butler, MP
UK House of Commons Jamaica
Hon Bernie Grant Guyana
Hon Jennette Arnold Guyana
London Assembly and Local Councillor
Baroness Patricia Scotland
UK House of Lords D’ca/M’rat
Baroness Valerie Amos
President, House of Lords Guyana
Baroness Ros Howels
UK House of Lords Grenada
Hon Lydia Simmonds
Mayor, Slough M’rat
Hon Patrick Tonge
Local Councillor, Tottenham M’rat
Hon Joseph Allen
Local Councillor, Leicester M’rat
RELIGION
Revdma Bishop Julio E. Murray Panama
First Black President, Latin American
Council of Episcopalian Bishops
Bishop Uriah Ashley
Episcopalian Bishop Panama
Bishop Clarence Haynes Panama
Episcopalian Bishop
Rev William Derrick
Presiding Bishop of NYC AME Church
Pastor of Bethel AME, Harlem
Rev Roy Neehall Guyana
Founding Exec Director, CCC
Rev Kortright Davis Antigua
Director CADEC, Barbados
Prof of Theology at Howard Univ.
Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin Jamaica
Chaplain, House of Commons, UK
Community Organizers:
W.T.R. Richardson St Kitts
Co-Founder
UCD –United Colored Democracy
H. Adolph Howell B’dos
First West Indian to run for NYS Assembly
William H Austin
First West Indian to run
for elective office as a Democrat
Herbert Bruce
1st Black Democratic Dist Leader,
Leader, Beaver Democratic Club, Harlem, 1934-1944)
Bertram Baker
Leader, The United Democratic Association, Bklyn;
Deputy Collector of Revenue, 1939
Thomas Dyett M'rat
Appointed Asst D.A. 1927-37; Elected
Democratic State Committee man (1935)
Hon James S Watson Sr
First W.I. elected in NYC (Judiciary)
Hon Hulan Jack
First Black elected to NYS Assembly
Hon Raymond Jones USVI
NYC Council (1960);
Democratic NY County Leader (Harlem);
Roy Wilkins USVI
NAACP President, Civil Rights Activist
W McDonald Holder
Political Organizer Guyana
Cleveland Robinson
Labor Leader Jamaica
Joseph Bariteau
Labor Leader T&T
Noel Murraine
Labor Leader, NY M'rat
George H. Irish Sr.
Labor Leader, Boston M'rat
Roger Toussaint T&T
Labor Leader, NY
Carlos Lezama
West Indian Day Carnival, NY T&T
Dr Henry Frank
Haitian Community Leader Haiti
Solomon Goodrich
Community Organizer, Queens, NY J’ca
Roy A. Hastick Sr.
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Grenada