Bakari Sellers
Encyclopedia
Bakari T. Sellers is a Democratic
member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
, representing the 90th District since 2006. He was elected in 2006 at the age of 22. He is currently the second youngest member of the South Carolina General Assembly following the election of Boyd Brown
from Fairfield County in 2008.
Sellers is also the first vice chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party
.
He is an Alumnus of Morehouse College
.
He is the son of civil right activist and professor Cleveland Sellers
.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina House of Representatives
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections...
, representing the 90th District since 2006. He was elected in 2006 at the age of 22. He is currently the second youngest member of the South Carolina General Assembly following the election of Boyd Brown
Boyd Brown
H. Boyd Brown is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Fairfield County, South Carolina.-Bio:Brown graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2007, with a degree in Political Science...
from Fairfield County in 2008.
Sellers is also the first vice chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party
South Carolina Democratic Party
The South Carolina Democratic Party is the South Carolina affiliate of the United States Democratic Party. The Democratic party thrived during the Second Party System between 1832 and the mid-1850s and was one of the causes of the collapse of the Whig Party....
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He is an Alumnus of Morehouse College
Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....
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He is the son of civil right activist and professor Cleveland Sellers
Cleveland Sellers
Cleveland Sellers, Jr. was born in 1944 in Denmark, South Carolina to Cleveland and Pauline Sellers. As a young man, he was known for his involvement in the African-American Civil Rights Movement through the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
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External links
- South Carolina Legislature - Representative Bakari T. Sellers official SC House website
- Project Vote Smart - Representative Bakari Sellers (SC) profile
- Follow the Money - Bakari Sellers
- 2006 campaign contributions