The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Parren J. Mitchell, III

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Parren J. Mitchell, III

6/11/2004

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2004.072

U.S. congressman The Honorable Parren J. Mitchell, III (1922 - 2007 ) successfully sued the University of Maryland, which had denied him entrance into their graduate school because of segregation, and was able to earn his graduate degree from there. He held a number of government positions and was influential in compelling government agencies receiving federal grants to set aside ten percent of the money for minority contractors. Mitchell was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/11/2004, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 2; Total Run Time: 00h 54m 33s

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Mitchell, Parren J., 1922-2007

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Parren James Mitchell (April 29, 1922 – May 28, 2007) was a U.S. Congressman affiliated with the Democratic Party who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1987. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland. Mitchell was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Clarence Maurice Mitchell, was a waiter, and his mother, Elsie Davis Mitchell, was a homemaker. Mitchell graduated from Frederick Douglass Senior High School in...