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Putney Swope
The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.
15 February 1918, New York City, New York, USA
15 November 1921, New York, USA
June 5, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
23 November 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 August 1946, New York City, New York, USA
19 December 1949, New York City, New York, USA
24 June 1935, USA
18 April 1951, Brooklyn, New York, USA
