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Mitchell May Be First Md. Negro Congressman
In a tight Seventh District race Mitchell leads Friedel 23 942 to 23 476 as Baltimore County and the city tally nears certification. The Maryland sociology professor would become the state’s first Black member of Congress, facing Republican Parker who serves as people’s counsel to state agencies.
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Mitchell
Baltimore, Md
University of Maryland
Parren J. Mitchell
Maryland
Samuel N. Friedel
D-Md
Baltimore
Friedel
Mitchell Edge
House
Peter
J.parker
Baltimore House
Paul Sarbanes
George Fallon
Congress
Public Works Committee
Morgan
State College
Maryland Human Relations Commission
Clarence M Mitchell Jr
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Morgan State
Urban Affairs Institute
Sarbanes
Baltimore County
Maryland Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
City Election Board