Augustus Freeman Hawkins was the first African American to be elected as a U.S. Representative for California.
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"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTV-G26 : accessed 20 December 2020), Agusta Hawkins in household of Nyanza Hawkins, Shreveport Ward 2, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 7B, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 510; FHL microfilm 1,374,523.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQX-V64 : accessed 20 December 2020), Augustus Hawkins in household of Ngowza Hawkins, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 61, sheet 4B, line 87, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 608; FHL microfilm 1,820,608.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 December 2020), memorial page for Augustus Freeman Hawkins (31 Aug 1907–10 Nov 2007), Find A Grave: Memorial #22854742, citing Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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