Kwame Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is the former mayor of Detroit, Michigan. When elected at the age of 31, he was the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit.
Kilpatrick attended Detroit's Cass Technical High School. Kilpatrick then graduated with honors from Florida A&M; University with a degree in political science and from The Detroit College of Law with a Juris Doctorate. He later taught in Florida at Rickards High School and at Detroit's...
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Kwame Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is the former mayor of Detroit, Michigan. When elected at the age of 31, he was the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit.
Kilpatrick attended Detroit's Cass Technical High School. Kilpatrick then graduated with honors from Florida A&M; University with a degree in political science and from The Detroit College of Law with a Juris Doctorate. He later taught in Florida at Rickards High School and at Detroit's Marcus Garvey Academy where he started the elementary school's basketball team. Kwame is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
His mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, represents Michigan's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives. Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, served as Chief of Staff to former Wayne County Executive Edward H. McNamara and currently operates a consulting firm called Maestro Associates of Detroit.
Kilpatrick was elected in 1996 to the Michigan House of Representatives after his...
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