THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, FEbRuARy 21, 2025 Page 11 Everett Celebrates Black History Month I Ambassador Walter C. Carrington Everett High School Harvard University Harvard Law School US Army Peace Corps – Director of Africa Ambassador to Senegal Ambassador to Nigeria Grand Marshal Everett’s 125th Anniversary Parade Jr. as the National Housing Director of SCLC Ordained as a minister by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Founder/president of Farmers Agribusiness Resource Management (FARM) Rep. Gloria (Johnson) Fox Everett High School Massachusetts House of Representatives Vice-Chair – Joint Committee on Housing Joint Committee on Ways and Means House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling House Committee on Ways and Means Retired from the House in 2016, as the longest serving woman in the Great and General Court. Charles & Henrietta Shearer Pioneer hoteliers on Martha’s Vineyard. Established Shearer Cottage, which still stands today, designated as the first stop on the African-American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard. Marilyn Carrington Everett High School Boston University Harvard University Vice-president TransAfrica Founded the Deaconess-Beth Israel Multicultural Cancer Task Force. Helping underprivileged families deal with cancer and cancer treatments. United Way Champions of Change Award honoree. Matthew Bullock Everett High School Dartmouth College Harvard Law School (Honorary Degree) First African-American coach of a predominantly white high school (Everett) and college (Massachusetts Agricultural College, now UMass) Athletic Director – Morehouse College and Alabama A&M Member of the Massachusetts Bar Assistant Massachusetts Attorney General Judge Lee G. Johnson Everett High School UMass-Amherst New England School of Law Teacher – Parlin Junior High School Middlesex County Probation Officer Attorney – Private Practice Civil Service Commissioner Middlesex County Registrar of Probate Presiding Justice of Malden District Court Rev. Dr. Al Sampson Everett High School Shaw University President – Shaw University NAACP President – Youth/College Chapters North Carolina NAACP Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) Appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King and baseball coach Coaching Assistant (football) – Boston College and Holy Cross Howard University – Head Football and Basketball Coach CPL. MELVIN JOHN KELLEY, JR. Everett Public Schools Massachusetts National Guard Italian Campaign of World War II 371st Infantry Regiment Killed in action in the Serchio Valley when was struck on the side of his body by a shell. Originally interred at the temporary cemetery at Castelfiorentino. Reinterred at Long Island National Cemetery in New York with full military honors. Sgt. Herman A. Day Everett Public Schools 366th Infantry Regiment; a segregated unit of the United States Army that was unique in that it had all black officers and personnel. Airfield Security – Sardinia and Adriatic Coast Italian Campaign of World War II Killed in action when hit by enemy shells causing visible burns on his body. He died before he reached the field hospital. Buried at Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy. In 2016, the City of Everett dedicated a playground in his name near his old Arlington Street neighborhood. Rep. Lincoln G. Pope Everett High School – Class Orator of Class of ‘35 Lincoln University Boston University Civil Engineer Actor – Civic Repertory Theatre in Boston. United States Army 1st African-American Democrat elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Honored by the Boston NAACP for his work on civil rights. Legislative Assistant to the Mass House Sergeant-at-Arms William Edward “Doc” Morrison D.D.S. Everett High School Member of the 1914 National Championship Team Tufts University Howard University – Dental Program Everett High – Acting head football Lincoln College – Head Football Coach Private dental practice – Philadelphia, PA Helen Wortham Holiday Everett High School New England Conservatory of Music Radio Performer – WEEI, WGI Sang at the 1918 Anti-Lynching Law demonstration Musical Actress – Potter’s Field at Plymouth Theater Boston awarded a certificate of merit by the Metropolitan Theatre for her operatic performance in Aida under conductor Fabien Sevitzky. Omar Easy, PhD Everett High School Penn State Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders Easy Way Foundation Blue-Gray All Star Game MVP Everett High – Asst Offensive Football Coach, Boys’ Head Track and Field Coach Penn State – Teaching Assistant Law and Ethics in Education City of Everett – Director of Organizational Assessment Superintendent of the Wayland Public Schools Arthur Jordan Everett City Council – 1st AfricanAmerican elected – 1901 Spanish-American War US Army – 6th Massachusetts, Company I – all African-American soldiers and officers Battle of Yauco Protected the US and English Consulates at Ganco Dorothy Martin Long Everett High School Malden School of Business Boston University – American Sign Language Everett School Committee – 1st African-American elected Everett Charter Commission Everett Election Commission Housing Families, Inc. – Volunteer tutor of homeless children Everett Diversity and Equity Taskforce Honored as a New Patriots “Difference Maker” Diamond Ferri Everett High School Syracuse University NFL – Giants, Falcons, Cardinals NFL Europe – Amsterdam Admirals CFL – Won 3 Gray Cup Championships (2) Montreal Allouettes (1) Saskatchewan Roughriders n celebration of Black History Month, the Everett Advocate presents just a few of the many notable residents who not only served their country, sacrificing their lives as heroes, but the many men and women who excelled in their fields of law, arts and entertainment, academia and sports.
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