| LC control no. | n 80048493 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mitchell, Parren J. |
| Birth date | 1922-04-29 |
| Death date | 2007-05-28 |
| Place of birth | Maryland |
| Place of death | Baltimore (Md.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Community Action Agency Congressional Black Caucus |
| Profession or occupation | African American legislators |
| Found in | U.S. Congress. House. Committee on House Admin. Dismissing the election ... 1979 (subj.) t.p. (Parren J. Mitchell; U.S. Representative from the 7th Congressional District of Maryland) NUCMC data from John F. Kennedy Libr. for Kennedy's call to King oral history interviews, 1988 (Parren (James) Mitchell, 1922- ; exec. dir., Community Action Agency, Baltimore, Md., 1965-1968) New York times WWW site, May 30, 2007 (Parren J. Mitchell; b. Parren James Mitchell, Apr. 29, 1922, Maryland; d. Monday [May 28, 2007], Baltimore, aged 85; as the first Black elected to Congress from Maryland, led the Congressional Black Caucus and spearheaded programs to aid minority-owned business, an effort he viewed as the second phase of the civil rights movement) English Wikipedia website, viewed May 22, 2013 (Parren James Mitchell (April 29, 1922--May 28, 2007), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from Jan. 3, 1971 to Jan. 3, 1987. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland) |
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