Tuesday 28 October 2014

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " YVONNE KENNEDY " WAS AN ALABAMA STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA AND A FORMER PRESIDENT OF BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "












































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Yvonne Kennedy

Yvonne Kennedy
BornJanuary 8, 1945
DiedDecember 8, 2012 (aged 67)
Birmingham, Alabama
OrganizationDelta Sigma Theta sorority
Yvonne Kennedy (January 8, 1945 – December 8, 2012)[1][2] was an Alabama state representative from Mobile, Alabama,[1] and a former president of Bishop State Community College. She served as national president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority from 1988-1992.

Biography

Kennedy was born to Leroy and Thelma Kennedy and attended Bishop State Community College and University of Alabama. She became president of Bishop State in 1981 and resigned from that position in 2007.[3][4] She has represented Mobile in the Alabama House of Representatives since winning a special election in 1979.[1][4] She died on December 8, 2012 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.[5]

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