Randolph Elder

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Elder

His father Randolph Elder (1915–2011), who was born in Athens, Georgia, was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and moved to California from Georgia after the war during the Second Great Migration.[9] After working as a janitor at Nabisco, Randolph Elder opened a cafe in Pico-Union c. 1962.[9] Following his father's death in 2011, Larry Elder recalled: "Gruff and blunt, my dad often intimidated my two brothers and me. But we never doubted his love or his commitment to his family." In 2013, Elder and his brother Kirk accepted a Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher on their father's behalf.[10]

References

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ62-LTZ : 1 February 2021), Randolf Elder in entry for Willie Elder, 1920.
• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9BM-Z46 : 23 February 2021), Randolph Elder in entry for Randolph Elder Jr., 21 Dec 1936; Death, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HG-PG7 : 11 January 2021), Randolph Elder, Civil District 1, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-9, sheet 7A, line 38, family 139, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3951.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Elder
• Genatossio, N. (2016, October 13). Laurence Allen Elder (1952– ). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/elder-laurence-a...