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REYNOLDS, Mel, a Representative from Illinois; born in Mound Bayou, Boliver County,
Miss., January 8, 1952; A.A., Chicago City College, 1972; B.A., University of
Illinois, 1974; LL.B., Oxford University, 1979; M.P.A., Harvard University,
1986; assistant professor of political science, Roosevelt University; founder
and former president, American Scholars Against World Hunger; executive
director, Community Economic Development Education Foundation; unsuccessful
candidate for nomination in 1988 to the One Hundred First Congress and in 1990
to the One Hundred Second Congress; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred
Third and One Hundred Fourth Congresses, and served from January 3, 1993, until
his resignation on October 1, 1995.
BibliographyMel Reynolds 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.
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