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Riles was born June 27, 1917, near Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He was orphaned at an early age and was raised by family friends. He was married to the former Mary Louise Phillips. Riles' son, named Wilson Riles Jr., served on the city council of Oakland, California, from 1979 to 1992 and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of the city in ...
Wilson Riles Jr., a former Oakland councilman who served the city from 1979 to 1992 and ran for mayor three The post Oakland to pay $360K to settle police brutality lawsuit filed by ex-councilman ...
Larry P. v. Riles is a California court case in which the court held that IQ tests could not be used to place African-American students in special education classes.. Five African-American children had been placed in special classes for the "educable mentally retarded", based on low IQ test scores.
English: Wilson Camanza Riles Sr. was an American educator and politician from California. He was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California. He was the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.
Charles C. Wilson FAIA (November 20, 1864 – January 26, 1933) was an American architect in practice in Columbia, South Carolina, from 1896 until his death in 1933.
Wilson also formed the largest U.S. delegation to travel to Chile for the inauguration of Michelle Bachelet, the first freely elected female president in South America, and afterwards organized a 500-person event in D.C. introducing Bachelet to women leaders in the U.S., including Hillary Clinton, Sen. Susan Collins, and Supreme Court Justice ...
Sheree Julienne Wilson (born December 12, 1958) [1] is an American actress, producer, businesswoman, and model. She is best known for her roles as April Stevens Ewing on the American primetime television series Dallas (1986–1991) and as Alex Cahill-Walker on the television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001).
Wilson was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1980. The Joseph C. Wilson papers were made available in May 2019 through the University of Rochester Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation library; they were given to the University by Marie C. Wilson. This collection consists of correspondence, minutes ...