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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandKweisi MFUME
(1948- )
MFUME, Kweisi, a
Representative from Maryland; born Frizzell Gray in Baltimore, Md.,
October 24, 1948; attended public schools; B.S., Morgan State
University, Baltimore, Md., 1976; M.A., Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md., 1984; assistant professor, Morgan State University,
Baltimore, Md.; program director for a radio station; member,
Baltimore, Md., city council, 1979-1986; elected as a Democrat to
the One Hundredth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses
and served until his resignation on February 15, 1996 (January 3,
1987-February 15, 1996); chief executive officer, National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1996-2004.
Bibliography
”Kweisi Mfume” in Black Americans in Congress,
1870-2007. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on
House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation,
U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 2008; Mfume, Kweisi, with Ron Stodghill II. No Free
Ride: From the Mean Streets to the Mainstream. New York: One
World, 1996.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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