David Norman Dinkins was an American politician,lawyer,and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
Daniel J. O'Donnell is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he is a member of the New York State Assembly. O'Donnell represents the 69th district in Manhattan,made up of the neighborhoods of Manhattan Valley,Morningside Heights,and portions of the Upper West Side and West Harlem.
Clara A. L. Virginia Fields,better known as C. Virginia Fields,is an American politician who served as Borough President of Manhattan. She was served two terms,elected in 1997 and reelected in 2001,with her second term expiring at the end of 2005.
Inez E. Dickens is the Assemblymember for the 70th district of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of El Barrio,Hamilton Heights,Harlem,and Morningside Heights in Manhattan. She formerly served on the New York City Council from 2006 to 2016,representing the 9th district.
Herman Daniel “Denny”Farrell Jr. was an American politician from New York. He was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the Manhattan neighborhoods of West Harlem,Inwood and Washington Heights from 1975 to 2017.
Richard N. Gottfried is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly representing portions of Manhattan. Gottfried had been a member of the Assembly for more than 50 years,making him the longest-serving member of the body and one of the longest-serving state legislators in the United States.
The Riverton Houses is a large residential development in Harlem,Manhattan,New York City.
Frederick W. Thiele Jr. is an American politician who serves in the New York State Assembly from the 1st district since 2013 and the 2nd district from 1995 to 2012,as a member of multiple political parties. Thiele was originally elected as a member of the Republican Party,but switched to the Independence Party of New York in 2009. He joined the Democratic Party after the Independence Party lost its ballot position.
Michael J. Cusick is a former New York State legislator who represented the New York State Assembly's District 63,in Staten Island,New York. He is a Democrat,and served in the Assembly from 2003 to 2023.
Edward Richard Dudley was an American lawyer,judge,civil rights activist and the first African-American to hold the rank of Ambassador of the United States,as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953.
Brian Patrick Kavanagh is an American politician who represents the 27th district in the New York State Senate,representing Lower Manhattan and the western part of Brooklyn since December 2017. He previously served in the New York State Assembly representing the East Side of Manhattan. Kavanagh is a Democrat.
John Raymond Jones was the last Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall,a New York City Councilman for Harlem,a district leader,ran the Carver Democratic Club,and was Adam Clayton Powell's campaign manager in 1958,opposing Tammany Hall,and Carmine DeSapio.
The Gang of Four,also known as the Harlem Clubhouse,was an African-American political coalition from Harlem whose members later ascended to top political posts. It is named after the Gang of Four of China. J. Raymond Jones was influential in helping these men obtain power.
Prior to becoming Governor of New York,David Paterson served in the New York State Senate,eventually becoming Senate minority leader.
Hulan Edwin Jack was a Saint Lucian-born New York politician who in 1954 became the highest ranking Caribbean American municipal official up until that time,when he was elected Borough President of Manhattan.
Bessie Allison Buchanan,of Manhattan in New York City,became the first African-American woman to hold a seat in the New York State Legislature when she was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1954.
Fannie Emma Pennington was an American activist,organizer,and fundraising coordinator for U.S. Congressional Representative (Harlem) Adam Clayton Powell Jr.'s Isaac Democratic Club and the Abyssinian Baptist Church A.C.P. Overseas Club. She was also a member of the New York City Board of Elections and the Frederick E. Samuel Community Democratic Club,the Satellite Club,the Courtesy Guild,the Progressive Ladies Usher Board of the Abyssinian Baptist Church,the ABC Welcome and Hospitality Committee. She was an official representative of the Barmaid Charity Organization. She was a New York leader of the bus organizing efforts in 1963 for the March on Washington.
Robert C. Carroll is an American politician and attorney. He is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 44th District. The district includes portions of the neighborhoods of Park Slope,Windsor Terrace,Kensington,Borough Park,Victorian Flatbush,Ditmas Park,Prospect Heights and Midwood,as well as the entirety of Prospect Park.
Alfred E. Taylor is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 71st district. A Democrat,Taylor's district includes portions of Hamilton Heights,Harlem,Washington Heights,and Inwood.
Fritz Winfred Alexander II was an American judge who served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1992,and a deputy mayor of New York from 1992 to 1993. Alexander was the first black judge to serve a full term on the Court of Appeals. Fritz Alexander was a part of the Harlem Clubhouse headed by J. Raymond Jones
