Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was an American politician from California.
12 Facts About Mervyn Dymally
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Mervyn Dymally served in the California State Assembly and the California State Senate as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California and in the US House of Representatives.
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Mervyn Dymally was the first Trinidadian to serve California as State Senator and Lieutenant Governor.
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Mervyn Dymally was one of the first persons of Dougla origin to serve in the US Congress.
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Mervyn Dymally was the second African-American to hold statewide office in California, following Wilson Riles who served as California Superintendent of Public Instruction starting in 1971.
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Mervyn Dymally moved to the United States to study journalism at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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Mervyn Dymally became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in 1949.
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Mervyn Dymally earned his doctorate in human behavior from United States International University in San Diego.
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Mervyn Dymally was an old friend of Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones.
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Mervyn Dymally came out of retirement and returned to the California State Assembly in 2002 when Assemblyman Carl Washington was term limited.
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Mervyn Dymally served for six years and then ran for the State Senate in 2008.
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Mervyn Dymally died in Los Angeles and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.