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Paterra, M. Elizabeth.

Kweisi Mfume : congressman and NAACP leader / M. Elizabeth Paterra. - Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2001. - 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - African-American biographies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index.

Follows the life of the current president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from the gang-plagued streets of Baltimore, Maryland, to his position of leadership in Congress and among the African-American community.

ISBN: 0766012379

LCCN: 00008029

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mfume, Kweisi--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Congress. House --Biography--Juvenile literature.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Legislators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American legislators--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Politics and government--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: E840.8.M5 / P37 2001