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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Clarence Mitchell, III
The Honorable Clarence Mitchell, III
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| Other authors / contributors: | Mitchell, Clarence, III, 1939-2012, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2004 June 11.
Recorded Baltimore, Maryland 2004 August 6.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | State senator and government consultant Clarence M. Mitchell III was born on December 14, 1939 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mitchell grew up in Baltimore, a member of the historic Mitchell family. He attended the University of Maryland and Morgan State University, earning his J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore Law School. Mitchell was a co-founder of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960, and worked closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1963, Mitchell was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, serving until 1967. That year, he became the youngest person to serve in the Maryland State Senate. He remained in the Maryland Senate for nearly two decades, stepping down in 1986. Mitchell was the president and CEO of Vanguard, Inc., an international government affairs, public relations and business development consulting company. Mitchell passed away on October 10, 2012 at age 72.
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