Alexander-Minter, Rae, 1937-

Sadie and Raymond had four premature children, with only the last two surviving. They were able to raise two daughters:[4] Mary Elizabeth Alexander (born 1934), who married Melvin Brown; and Rae Pace Alexander (born 1937), who earned a PhD. and married Archie C. Epps III. After her divorce with Epps, in 1971 Rae Pace Alexander married Thomas Minter, and they had two sons together.

Titled "Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City," the painting was purchased by the White House Endowment Fund earlier this year from Tanner's grandniece, Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter. The painting, along with others by Tanner, had been kept over the years in her mother's house, where the shades were always drawn to preserve the canvasses. This week at the White House, the President and I presented the painting at a special ceremony that included Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter, Tanner's grandson, Jacques, and Edward Bell.

Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter, director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center at Rutgers University in New Jersey, has been appointed vice president for external affairs at Audrey Cohen College in New York. She holds a bachelor’s in journalism and political theory from Boston University, a master’s in early childhood education and child development from Bank Street College of Education and a doctorate in education and anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas K. Minter, who after serving as one of the first top officials in the new federal Education Department in 1980 lost a politicized, racially charged campaign to head New York City’s schools, died on Friday in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. He was 84.

The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his wife, Rae Alexander-Minter.

In addition to his wife of 38 years, the former Rae Alexander, Dr. Minter is survived by their son, Thomas Jr.; and his brother, William.