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...came from a family of political bigwigs, so it was no surprise that Democrat Parren Mitchell became Maryland's first black U.S. Congressman. Among the experiences that helped prepare him for his eight terms in Washington, where he championed civil rights and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus: successfully suing then segregated University of Maryland for admission to graduate school...
...latest presentation of the 18-year-old Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre. In it, lead couple Elizabeth Scherban Shinzawa and Parren Ballard take Mateo’s trademark vertical choreography to the next level with even more leaps and lifts. Fri.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m., and Thurs. at 8 p.m. through October 26, $28; at the Sanctuary Theatre, 400 Harvard St., Cambridge...
...Last week's decision did not affect plans by private companies to increase minority hiring, nor did it nullify the Federal Government's set-aside program. Some experts, moreover, feel that local governments may be able to document past inequities in a way that would satisfy the court. Says Parren Mitchell, chairman of the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense Fund: "The evidence of discrimination necessary to justify affirmative action on behalf of minority businesses exists...
Many members of Congress are strong defenders of the agency and are furious with the way it is being attacked. "Heatherly's actions were just unconscionable," says Representative Parren Mitchell, a Maryland Democrat who is chairman of the House Small Business Committee. Lowell Weicker, a Connecticut Republican and the head of a similar committee in the Senate, has called for a hearing with the acting SBA chief. But Heatherly remains undaunted. Says he facetiously: "If that was controversial, I can't wait for the reaction to some other things I have planned down the road...
Pendleton should know, his critics reply. In 1977, Pendleton and two white business partners set up an industrial supply firm in San Diego that unsuccessfully sought status as a minority vendor. "He is the last person in the world to talk about front companies," said Democratic Congressman Parren Mitchell of Baltimore, author of one federal set-aside program. Pendleton rejects the charge that the firm was a shell operation...