Fattah, Chaka, 1956-
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- African American National Biography, accessed January 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Fattah, Chaka; U.S. representative; born 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; graduated from the Community College of Philadelphia (1976); obtained his BA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School; received an MA in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels School of State and Local Government (1986); became the youngest member of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives (1982); architect of the Employment Opportunities Act; elected to the Pennsylvania state senate (1988); become president of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF); won the congressional seat in Pennsylvania's Second District and won on the Democratic ticket (1994);served on the House Committee on Education, as well as on the powerful House Appropriations Committee; chair of the Friends of the Caribbean Caucus; member of the Progressive Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Urban Caucus, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC); awarded honorary doctorates from Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, and the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science; received the Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition's State Legislator of the Year award)
- Fenno, R.F. Going home, c2002:CIP summary (Chaka Fattah, US Rep. from Philadelphia)
- Bio. dir. U.S. Congress, 1774-(Fattah, Chaka, b. Nov. 21, 1956 in Philadelphia)
Wikipedia description:
Chaka Fattah (born Arthur Wesley Davenport; November 21, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2016. The district included portions of North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia along with Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. He previously served in the Pennsylvania Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. On July 29, 2015, Fattah and a group of associates were indicted on federal charges related to their alleged roles in a racketeering and influence peddling conspiracy. He was convicted on 23 counts of racketeering, fraud, and other corruption charges on June 21, 2016, and resigned two days later. On December 12, 2016, Fattah was sentenced to 10 years in prison. On August 9, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia overturned Fattah's bribery convictions. On July 12, 2019, a Philadelphia judge sentenced Fattah to 10 years in federal prison for public corruption. He was released from prison in the summer of 2020.
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