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Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (May 12, 1926 – October 7, 2012) was an American politician from California. He served in the California State Assembly (1963–1966) and the California State Senate (1967–1975) as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1993).
Oct 9, 2012 · Mervyn M. Dymally, who broke barriers as a black lawmaker in California and in Congress after moving to the United States from his native Trinidad at age 19, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He...
Nov 15, 2004 · The Honorable Mervyn M. Dymally. Biography. Digital Archive. California State Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally was born in Cedros, Trinidad on May 12, 1926 to a mother and father from Trinidad and India, respectively. While in Trinidad, Dymally was a staff reporter for The Vanguard, a newspaper published by the Oil Workers Trade Union.
Oct 8, 2012 · Mervyn M. Dymally, the Trinidad-born former teacher whose ground-breaking if sometimes-controversial political career spanned more than four decades and included a stint as California’s...
Oct 8, 2012 · Mervyn M. Dymally, a native of Trinidad whose groundbreaking if sometimes controversial political career spanned more than four decades and included stints as a member of the U.S. House of...
Feb 4, 2003 · Mervyn M. Dymally was California’s first black state senator, first and only black lieutenant governor and a six-term U.S. representative. When he retired from Congress in 1992 at age 65, an...
Oct 8, 2012 · Mervyn M. Dymally, former Lieutenant Governor of California, passed away Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 86.
