Frederick Madison Roberts
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Frederick Madison Roberts was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner; he became a politician, the first known man of African-American descent elected to the California Sta
Roberts c. 1932.
Augustus Hawkins
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Augustus Freeman Hawkins was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991. Over
Frederick Madison Roberts
…Roosevelt as president two years previously in the midst of the Great Depression, Roberts was defeated by a Democratic African-American candidate, Augustus F. Hawkins. Following his 1934 California State Assembly defeat, Roberts ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives on two occasions…
Augustus Freeman Hawkins
Hawkins c. 1940
Hawkins with President John F. Kennedy in 1962
Portrait of Hawkins in the Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives