1907 February 17 - 1985 July 3
(1907-85) Atlantic Coast regional rep., Recruitment and Manning Organization, WSA; attacked by Smith Committee and in Congress during debates over FEPC appropriations (1944); labeled fellow traveler for promoting “social equality” of blacks through nondiscriminatory, nonsegregated placement of black seamen on ships. He was the second husband of Deborah Jeannette ("Jenny") Hill Wells Vincent (1913-2016), a singer/songwriter, activist, and Taos resident who helped preserve New Mexican folk music. The Vincents ran the San Cristobal Valley (N.M.) Ranch, an interracial guest ranch which drew notable visitors from around the world.