Names

Chairman of the local exemption board at Tryon, North Carolina

African American doctor in Durham NC in 1919

Major and adjutant, 21st Field Artillery at Camp Bragg, NC, in May 1920

Student at A & T, third year trade class in 1916-1917, from Baltimore, MD

Faculty or student of Shaw U Summer School in 1919

Resident of Norfolk VA in June 1919. Member of Columbian Union

Born July 1, 1893, in Atlanta, Georgia. White was a civil rights activist and longtime employee of the N.A.A.C.P.

Born August 19, 1846, in Halifax County, North Carolina. A Confederate veteran, Clark is best remembered for his thirty-five-year career as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, which began with his election to the position in 1902.

Manager of the Fruit and Trade Association, in New York City, in June 1919

Born on April 13, 1890 in Boone, North Carolina. Oxentine registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, but doesn't seem to have been called to service.

Southeastern Divisional Director of the Interchurch World Movement of North America, based out of Atlanta GA in July 1919

Born April 2, 1862, in Scotland. Wilson was an American Labor leader who served as President Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of Labor 1913 to 1921.

Born June 7, 1870, in Norfolk, Virginia. Roper was the son of John Lonsdale Roper, prominent businessman and proprietor of the John L. Roper Lumber Company. He worked for his father's lumber company for a while and then served as Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Pine Association.

Born April 17th of 1887, 1889, or 1890, in Watauga County, North Carolina. Oxentine was a farmer in Watauga County when he was drafted into the army on May 9, 1918, for military service during World War I. Draft administrators originally classed Oxentine's race as "African," though he actually identified as a member of the Croatan from Robeson County. Military officials later corrected this error, and he was reclassed as "white" and assigned to Company D, 54th Infantry. [Note: Military systems of the time allowed for only two races: "white" or "colored."] Oxentine deserted his unit while stationed at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, on October 12, 1918.

Born June 18, 1858, in Albany, New York. Redfield, a northern politician affiliated with the Democratic Party, is best remembered for his tenure as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.

Born July 6, 1890, in Chatham County, North Carolina. In August 1920, Thompson was an undertaker-turned-furniture merchant in Graham, North Carolina, when he provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in the town.

William G. Saunders, born in North Carolina circa 1870. Bridgers was superintendent of the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association office in Washington, North Carolina.

Born August 16, 1868, in Wilmington, North Carolina. A graduate of Howard University and Payne Divinity School, Avant was a prominent and influential African American minister who resided in New Bern, North Carolina. In addition to his ministerial duties, he was a mason and a member of the Colored Knights of Pythias.

During World War I, Woods served with the Durham County home guard unit. Woods was a sergeant in the Durham Machine Gun Company and with this unit helped put down a lynch mob in Alamance County in July 1920.

He was royal governor of South Carolina from 1756 to 1760.

Born March 17, 1868, in Wake County, North Carolina. Penney began as an employee with the Wake County Register of Deeds in January 1902, eventually working his way up to the Register of Deeds position in late November 1918.

Born June 29, 1906, in Alamance County, North Carolina. In August 1920, when he was just fourteen, Moser was called upon to provide testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Alamance County. He was the son of Adolphus Washington Moser, who was at that time serving as jailer and chief of police for Graham, North Carolina.

William John Franklin Moore, born circa 1863 in Washington, North Carolina. Moore was a minister in the A. M. E. Zion Church in Washington, North Carolina.