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Clennon Washington King, Jr. : ウィキペディア英語版 | Clennon Washington King, Jr. Clennon Washington King, Jr. (July 18, 1920 – February 12, 2000) was the first African-American man to run for the office of President of the United States, and whose attempts at civil rights actions and running for office as a perennial candidate caused him to be nicknamed "The Black Don Quixote."〔Evers-Williams, Myrlie and Manning Marable, ''The Autobiography Of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters, and Speeches''〕 ==Family== He was the eldest son of seven. His father, Clennon Washington King, Sr., was a civil rights activist, Tuskeegee Institute student and chauffeur of Booker T. Washington. His mother was Margaret Allegra Slater. His brother, lawyer Chevenne Bowers King, posthumously had a United States Courthouse in Albany, Georgia named after him,〔("U.S. Representative John Lewis (Ga.-D) and Other Civil Rights Vets to help Dedicate 1st U.S. Courthouse named for a Black Man in former Jim Crow South" October 24, 2002 )〕 his brother Slater King was a successful real estate broker, and his youngest brother Dr. Preston King received a pardon from President Bill Clinton,〔("Preston King" ''New Georgia Encyclopedia'' )〕 both actions related to their civil rights activism.
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