Page 6 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Black History Month honors former Everett residents Ambassador Walter C. Carrington Marilyn Carrington ary 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 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 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. Everett High School Dartmouth College Harvard Law School (HonorEverett 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 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 Judge Lee G. Johnson Everett High School Shaw University President - Shaw University NAACP President – Youth/College Chapters Nor th Carolina NAACP Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) Appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King 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 Rev. Dr. Al Sampson 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 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. Cpl. Melvin John Kelley, Jr. 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 MassachuEverett Public Schools Massachusetts National Guard BLACK HISTORY | SEE PAGE 8
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