Alice Palmer (born June 20, 1939 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former Democratic State Senator from Illinois, representing the state's 13th District. Dr. Palmer was the founding executive director of Chicago Cities in Schools and creator and founding director of the Chicago Metropolitan YMCA Youth and Government Program. Palmer, as editor of the Black Press Review, was the only African-Amercian to cover the 27th Congress of the Communist Party i...
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Alice Palmer (born June 20, 1939 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former Democratic State Senator from Illinois, representing the state's 13th District. Dr. Palmer was the founding executive director of Chicago Cities in Schools and creator and founding director of the Chicago Metropolitan YMCA Youth and Government Program. Palmer, as editor of the Black Press Review, was the only African-Amercian to cover the 27th Congress of the Communist Party in 1986.
On November 21, 1994, Palmer announced she was launching a campaign committee to run for the seat of indicted U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds (D-2) and suggested that the then 29-year-old Jesse Jackson, Jr., who had just moved a few blocks into the 2nd Congressional District after Mel Reynolds' August 1994 indictment—run for her State Senate seat instead of running for Congress.
On June 27, 1995, Palmer announced she was running for Congress and would be giving up her State Senate seat instead of running for re-election in 1996. The following...
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