Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Lionel J. Wilson (March 14, 1915 – February 23, 1998) was an African American political figure and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the first African American mayor of Oakland, California, serving three-terms as mayor of Oakland from 1977 until 1991.He attended UC Berkeley.He lost the 1990 mayoral election to Elihu Harris after making an expensive and unsuccessful bid to return the then Los Angeles Raiders to Oakland.Wilson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.. }
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- Lionel_Wilson_(politician) comment "Lionel J. Wilson (March 14, 1915 – February 23, 1998) was an African American political figure and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the first African American mayor of Oakland, California, serving three-terms as mayor of Oakland from 1977 until 1991.He attended UC Berkeley.He lost the 1990 mayoral election to Elihu Harris after making an expensive and unsuccessful bid to return the then Los Angeles Raiders to Oakland.Wilson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.".