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Adam Dickson to speak on role of African Americans in new Congress

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University alumnus Adam G. Dickson will give “An Analysis of the 2006 Congressional Elections and the Consequences for African Americans” in a talk on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in ETSU’s Carroll Reece Museum.

His free public appearance, held in conjunction with Black History Month (February), is part of ETSU’s African and African American Studies Lecture Series.

In his lecture, Dickson will focus on several key races in the 2006 elections and the role African Americans will play in the new Congress. He believes they will play a very strong role and points to the record number of African Americans now chairing congressional committees, including Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., Ways and Means; Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Homeland Security; Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Judiciary; and others.

“About 35 years ago, when the Congressional Black Caucus was formed, there were 13 members,” Dickson said. “Now there are 43. So this indicates substantial progress and substantial clout that they’ve acquired over those years.”

Dickson, who holds a B.A. in political science from Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, and earned a master of public administration degree from ETSU in 2004, is state advocacy manager for the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers in Boones Creek.

For more information or for special assistance for those with disabilities, contact Dr. Dorothy Drinkard-Hawkshawe, ETSU professor of History and director of African and African American Studies, at (423) 439-6688 or drinkard@etsu.edu.

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