Kweisi Mfume
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Mr. Mfume, a graduate of Morgan State University and The Johns Hopkins University, served on the Baltimore City Council from 1979 to 1986. He was elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986 and served as U.S. Representative from Maryland's Seventh Congressional District in the four succeeding congresses. He was made Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus during his fourth term. In 1996, Mr. Mfume became President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and he served in that position until 2004.
