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Vol. XIV, No. 6
Winston-Salem State University
May, 1980
Collins Will
Address Grads
A Woman On The Move
Congresswoman Cardiss Collins will lye the featured speaker at the ^'inston-Saletn State University’s annual Commence
ment Exercise. May 18. Her duties as chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus truly make her a woman on the
move.
By Kathy Wiley
The 1980 Commencement
Exercises will be held on May
18, in the Winston-Salem
Memorial Coliseum. The guest
speaker will be Con
gresswoman Cardiss Collins.
Congresswoman Collins
was born in St. Louis,
Missouri, moved to Detroit at
the age of ten, and later moved
to Chicago. She is a graduate
of Detroit High School of
Commerce and Northwestern
University. She is also a
member of First Baptist
Church of Chicago.
Congresswoman Collins has
a comprehensive list of ac-
complisments. She is Chair
woman of the Congressional
Black Caucus and a member
of the National Association
for the Advancement of Col
ored People, Chicago Urban
League, National Council of
Negro Women, National
Women’s Political Caucus,
and a honorary member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Playing an instrumental role
in her late husband, George’s
political success, undoubtedly
paved the way for her own
career. She is Commit-
teewoman of Chicago’s 24th
Ward Regular Democratic
Organization. The Con
gresswoman was elected in
1973 to fill the position of
U.S. House of Representatives
for the Seventh Congressional
District of Illinois left vacant
by the death of her husband.
Since then. Congresswoman
Collins’ political involvement
has impressivley grown. She is
the first woman and first black
to chair the House Govern
ment Operations Subcommit
tee on Manpower and Hous
ing, which has responsibility
for the Department of Labor,
the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Ac-
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Future Leaders
WSSU students recently elected their peers to lead them for the 1980-81 academic school year. Among the winners were
Brian Washington (right), who will serve as director of Social Affairs and Lauretta Battle (below) Miss WSSU. (Mr.
Washington's photo is by Nathan McCrimmon).
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