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LeRoy T. Walker (June 14, 1918 – April 23, 2012) was an American track and field coach and the first African-American president of the United States Olympic Committee. In the 1996 Olympics, Walker was delegated to lead a 10,000 member group of the most talented athletes in the world.
Leroy Walker may refer to: LeRoy Pope Walker (1817–1884), first Confederate States Secretary of War; LeRoy T. Walker (1918–2012), first black president of the ...
The New Bethel Church shootout between members of the Republic of New Africa and the Detroit Police Department on March 29 (AP-5, UPI-7); The November 4 Detroit mayoral election in which Wayne County Sheriff Roman Gribbs narrowly defeated Wayne County auditor Richard H. Austin's bid to become the city's first African-American mayor (AP-6, UPI-6 ...
Nov. 3—After meeting with the president at Geiger Elementary School, Auburn City Councilor Leroy Walker, who lost his son, said Biden was very soft spoken and mostly listened to families had to say.
LeRoy Foster (1925–1993) was an American painter from Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for the large murals he painted on the walls of Detroit institutions, such as “The Life & Times of Frederick Douglass,” at the Detroit Public Library’s Frederick Douglass Branch, and “Renaissance City,” at Cass Technical High School .
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2nd Lt. LeRoi S. Williams, killed in mid-air collision with 2nd Lt William H. Walker on October 14, 1943, near Selfridge Field, Michigan; brother of Tuskegee Airmen cadet graduate Eugene Williams [37] 2nd Lt. Beryl Wyatt, killed April 18, 1944 when his plane crashed after an attempted landing. [38]
Elijah E. Myers (1832–1909) – Architect of the Colorado, Michigan and Texas State Capitols; James K. Okubo (1920–1967) – World War II US Army recipient of the Medal of Honor; Hazen Pingree (1840–1901) – Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor [17] Francis Petrus Paulus (1862-1933) — Artist, teacher, and trustee of the Detroit Museum ...