Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 15th district
In office 1992–2000
Preceded by
Mike Langton
Succeeded by
E. Denise Lee
Personal details
Born
Willye Frank Clayton
(1926-03-14)March 14, 1926 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Died
March 9, 2012(2012-03-09) (aged 85) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Leo Dennis
(m. 1954; died 2010)
Children
3
Willye F. Clayton Dennis (March 14, 1926 – March 9, 2012) was an American librarian, civil rights activist and Florida state legislator. She was the first African-American Chief of Children's Services for the Jacksonville Public Library System. She was elected president of the Jacksonville branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, president of the Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and elected to the 15th District of the Florida House of Representatives for two terms.
Willye F. Clayton Dennis (March 14, 1926 – March 9, 2012) was an American librarian, civil rights activist and Florida state legislator. She was the first...
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1995) 1938 – Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (d. 2013) 1939 – Willye White, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 2007) 1940 – Mani Neumeier...
player. He played for the Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team. Willye White, first American track and field athlete to take part in five Olympics...
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shows, including the controversial sitcom Soap in 1977 in which he played Dennis Phillips, a gay football player in a relationship with Billy Crystal's character...
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briefly looped through Chicago, where it was carried by Olympic athlete Willye White and Chicago Bears star running back Walter Payton, before returning...
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Olympic teams, behind the six of fencer Jan York-Romary and Track and Field's Willye White. The feat was later equaled by basketball player Teresa Edwards, track...
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