LC control no. | n 96097176 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Mfume, Kweisi |
Variant(s) | Grey, Frizzell |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1948-10-24 |
Place of birth | Turner (Md.) |
Affiliation | Morgan State University Johns Hopkins University Baltimore (Md.). City Council United States. Congress. House National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Medical Association (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Executives Legislators Radio talk show hosts |
Found in | His No free ride, c1996: t.p. (Kweisi Mfume) last printed p. (President and CEO of the NAACP; resides in Baltimore, Md.) African American National Biography, accessed March 1, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mfume, Kweisi; Frizzell Gray; radio/television personality, NAACP leader/officer, U.S. Representative; born 24 October 1948 in Turners Station, Maryland, United States; graduated from Morgan State University (1976); MA in Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University (1984); host at WEBB radio station; cofounder and program director of Morgan's State University radio station; served on the Baltimore City Council (1979-1986); was elected to the US Congress and served at Maryland's Seventh Congressional District (1986-1996), was chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) (1993); was elected president and CEO of the NAACP and president of the National Medical Association (2010-2011)) |