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Mike Doyle Turns Down NAACP Debate with Jerry Dickinson, 42 African American Leaders Endorse Jerry Dickinson For Congress
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Click here to read Jerry Dickinson’s plan for addressing the pervasive racial disparities in the Pittsburgh region.
Dickinson released a video statement responding to Mr. Doyle’s decision to turn down a debate hosted by the NAACP:
- Alma Speed Fox, Civil Rights Leader
- The Honorable Liv Bennett, Allegheny County Councilwoman
- Turahn L. Jenkins, attorney and former candidate for Allegheny County D.A.
- The Honorable Timothy K. Lewis, former federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- The Honorable Brenda Frazier, former Allegheny County Councilwoman
- K. Chase Patterson, former staffer for Congressman Mike Doyle, current Managing Director, Corporate Diversity Associates
- Billy Joe Jordan, Labor Leader
- Louis “Hop” Kendrick, former Columnist for New Pittsburgh Courier
- Johnnie Miott, Civil Rights Leader
Jerry Dickinson is a human rights activist, community advocate, and a constitutional law professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a former NAACP Legal Defense Fund Earl Warren Scholar with first hand knowledge of the organization’s work fighting for equal protection of the African American community. He would be the first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Western Pennsylvania.
The NAACP is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization and has long been on the front lines addressing the many pervasive issues that impact thousands in the 18th District.