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Harlem is a city in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area. The population was 2,666 at the 2010 census, [4] up from 1,814 in 2000. This city was named after the neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan. [5]
Atlanta City Council members (33 P) Pages in category "Georgia (U.S. state) city council members" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (September 8, 1903 – August 22, 1964), was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected in 1943 to the New York City Council, representing Harlem. He faced increasing opposition from outside Harlem after the end of World War II.
In June 2021, Gothamist published a piece on Perkins entitled "As Worries Persist Over Harlem Lawmaker's Health, Elected Leaders Stay Mum". [15] Perkins sought re-election to the City Council in 2021. [15] The June 22, 2021, Democratic primary [16] in Council District 9 was so close that a recount was held. [15]
Yusef Salaam (born 1974) is an American politician, motivational speaker, and activist currently serving as a member of the New York City Council, representing the city's 9th council district since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Salaam, one of the Exonerated Five, was wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989. He ...
Benjamin J. Davis – New York City councilman, ultimately sent to jail for violations of the Smith Act [37] Ossie Davis – actor and director; lived in Harlem in the late 1930s and mid-1940s; Sammy Davis Jr. – entertainer, actor, member of Rat Pack, born in Harlem Hospital in 1925 [58] Roy DeCarava – photographer, born in Harlem in 1919 [59]
Davis is known for boycotting his own city council to protest segregation, racism, and alleged financial irregularities. [2] In December 2017, national civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump represented Rufus Davis and a newly-elected city councilman, Venterra Pollard, in demanding that the city of Camilla remove a 4-foot fence in the city-owned ...