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  Sharon Pratt Kelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sharon Pratt Kelly (1944–), formerly Sharon Pratt Dixon, was mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1991 to 1995.
Sharon Pratt was born January 30, 1944 in Washington.
Pratt was sworn in as mayor of Washington on January 2, 1991, the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharon_Pratt_Dixon   (682 words)

  
 Explore DC: Sharon Pratt Kelly
Sharon Pratt Kelly ran Patricia Robert Harris' failed attempt in 1982 to oust Marion Barry as DC Mayor, but won her own effort in 1990.
Kelly's tenure as mayor was characterized by several failed attempts to install widespread reforms in city government, the deepening of the city's financial woes, and a deteriorating relationship with Congress.
Kelly received both her undergraduate degree and law degree from Howard University, and was a professor in law at Antioch College before moving back to Washington in 1977.
www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=288   (281 words)

  
 Daily Egyptian: 02/26/97: Student leaders to convene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sharon Pratt Kelly's own experiences from her history-making achievements are some of the things students can learn by attending the conference and her speech.
Kelly was the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major urban city and the first woman mayor of the nation's capital.
Kelly was elected to four terms as the Democratic National Committeewoman from Washington, D.C., and was the first woman elected to serve as treasurer of the committee from 1985 to 1989.
www.dailyegyptian.com /spring97/022697/leaders.html   (646 words)

  
 Pratt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Pratt, American oilman and founder of the Pratt Institute
Pratt, an unincorporated settlement in Steele County, Minnesota
Pratt knot, a method of tying a tie
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pratt   (319 words)

  
 An Ex-Mayor Joins the Netizenry
Sharon Pratt Kelly of Washington, DC, launches a site she hopes will help empower fellow citizens and help her campaign for a constitutional convention to create a more direct democracy.
Kelly says she hopes the site will act as a "conceptual catalyst" for a "new notion of self." Developed by small Brooklyn BBS and Web site developer NYOnline, Spirit for America eschews bells and whistles for straightforward weekly essays by Kelly and extensive bulletin boards.
Kelly, who served as DC mayor from 1991 to 1995, said the idea for the site began to "percolate" when she was teaching at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
wired-vig.wired.com /news_drop/news_lycatalog/story/0,2149,4955,00.html   (307 words)

  
 Cities on the Brink
Sharon Pratt Kelly was Mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1990 through 1994.
She was the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major city.
MAYOR KELLY: I think it is critical to have a much stronger partnership with the federal government.
www.digitas.harvard.edu /~perspy/old/issues/1995/apr/spk.html   (1739 words)

  
 Wired News: A Revolution of Sloppy Thinking
Kelly served as mayor of DC from 1991 to 1995, sandwiched between Barry administrations.
Kelly was widely regarded as an ineffectual mayor who somehow managed to make a bad situation worse.
According to Kelly's site, "Spirit for a New America will highlight why the present political/social systems do not work and could not possibly work in a 'transforming' America." In a society where so many can stand on their electronic soapbox, it is understandable that people resort to outlandish statements to get attention.
www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,5957,00.html   (1248 words)

  
 Bluefield State College - January News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sharon Pratt Kelly, the first African American female mayor of a major American city, will speak at Bluefield State College, opening a busy calendar of "Black History Month" activities at the College.
Kelly defied great odds on November 6, 1990 to become the first female leader of the nation's capital, and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major urban city.
The Washington Post noted, "Sharon Pratt Kelly cajoled her city to embrace reform by becoming herself the unwavering voice for change--for she believes government must be that agent of change if we, as a nation, are to be ready for the next century."
www.bluefield.wvnet.edu /98news/jan98-10.htm   (496 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Pratt
Pratt, Abner — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich.
Pratt, Charles — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Republican.
Pratt, Susan — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/pratt.html   (1030 words)

  
 The Washington Informer: Regional
“I’m … not Sharon Pratt Kelly,” the mayoral candidate said, forcefully distinguishing herself from the city’s first Black female mayor who had succeeded Marion S. Barry once he was off to jail on drug-related charges.
Kelly, a former electric company executive, charged in with a golden shovel claiming to dig the city out of the rut.
Marie C. Johns, a former telecommunications executive, running for mayor in a crowded race, says she is NOT Sharon Pratt Kelly.
www.washingtoninformer.com /A1Johns2006Jun8.html   (1252 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Ronald Reagan Building
No changes will be made to the exterior of the building, designed by the internationally renowned firm of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, but the interior will be altered to suit the needs of its tenants, she said.
He said the mayor was "very disappointed," but that Kelly said she would depend on Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) to appeal to Congress to pass a bill that would require the trade center plans to go ahead as planned.
Norton said last night that the move by the administration "doesn't end it for us." She said she does not believe the administration can unilaterally scrap the center.
washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/local/longterm/library/dc/reagan/scrap.htm   (738 words)

  
 AAKultureZone.com :: Connections :: First Place
First African American Female Mayor of Washington, D.C. Sharon Pratt Kelly was the first African American female mayor of a major American city.
Kelly, a Democrat, replaced Washington Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr., who near the end of his 12 years in office had been convicted of possessing cocaine.
Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15, graduating at 19 with a bachelor's degree in political science (cum laude).
www.aakulturezone.com /connections/first/forthepeople/government.html   (625 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Kelly, S to T
Daughter of Carlisle Pratt and Mildred (Petticord) Pratt; married
December 7, 1991, to James R. Kelly III.
Kelly, Tracy — of Bristow, Creek County, Okla. Republican.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/kelly8.html   (403 words)

  
 District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Bd. of Trade, 506 U.S. 125 (1992).
Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash ington, D.C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and SHARON PRATT KELLY, MAYOR, PETITIONERS
Respondent Greater Washington Board of Trade, a nonprofit corporation that sponsors health insurance coverage for its employees, filed this action against theDistrict of Columbia and Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly seeking to enjoin enforcement of § 2(c)(2) on the ground that the "equivalent" benefits requirement is pre-empted by § 514(a) of ERISA.
www.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/91-1326.ZO.html   (1794 words)

  
 Scores Scorn Kelly's AIDS Record
Several dozen activists rallied outside the office of D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly to protest what they say is an inadequate response by the District of Columbia to the AIDS epidemic.
Vada Manager, spokesperson for the mayor, came down to distribute a news release from Kelly affirming her commitment to provide better service to people with AIDS.
In the release, Kelly said she would maintain AIDS program funding and develop more educational programs to help stem the spread of the virus.
www.aegis.com /news/ads/1993/AD931859.html   (497 words)

  
 Kelly Coat of Arms
The Irish name Kelly has a long Gaelic heritage to its credit.
The original Gaelic form of the name Kelly is O Ceallaigh or Mac Ceallaigh.
Sharon Pratt Kelly (1944-) American politician/first fl female mayor
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/kelly-coat-arms.htm   (1619 words)

  
 DCist: Morning Roundup: Post Goes Fenty Edition
Then the Post decided to endorse Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly Whatsername, and her "I Don't Smoke Crack with Hookers!" campaign slogan.
The Post's endorsing Sharon Pratt Kelly was a huge mistake in 1990, but the The Post has gotten it right for the last four elections in a row: 1994 they picked Ray over Barry and Kelly in the primary, and chose Schwartz over Barry in the general; 1998 Williams; 2002 Williams; and 2006 Fenty.
The media would have never even raided the SPK specter for fear of someone pointing out that beyond the fact that they have never served in public office, their backgrounds are completely different.
www.dcist.com /archives/2006/09/05/morning_roundup_459.php   (2816 words)

  
 Harm Reduction: A Critical Strategy in AIDS Prevention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
There on the TV screen was our mayor, Sharon Pratt Kelly, talking about the need to provide clean needles to injection drug users in order to reduce the spread of HIV in the District of Columbia.
She kept referring to this concept as needle exchange and was proposing that our local medical clinics provide sterile needles to drug addicts who turn in their used syringes.
Two years later, in 1994, I came across a statistic that made me stop in my tracks: in 1991, the year before Sharon Pratt Kelly tried to institute needle exchange in D.C., 52 percent of AIDS cases among African Americans and 45 percent of cases among Latinos were associated with intravenous drug use.
www.publicwelfare.org /publications/publications/harm_reduction.asp   (3812 words)

  
 RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM AND POLITICS ARE VOLATILE MIX
Back across the Potomac, Barry, now a District of Columbia Council member, also has been wooing church folks quite successfully in his recently announced bid to regain his former seat from Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly.
So far, Kelly has yet to score any big victories in a city that has every problem a big American city can have - murders, homelessness, joblessness, drugs - plus an additional one no other city has: Taxation without congressional representation.
Barry's hero status actually was enhanced when televised footage showed the FBI sting to be a transparently obvious set up.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/940609/06090002.htm   (846 words)

  
 Louis Martin Papers (Library of Congress)
Notebooks in the writings file chronicle Martin's travels and his activities in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Among the frequent and prominent correspondents in the collection are Ronald Harmon Brown, Jimmy Carter, Sharon Pratt Kelly, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vernon E. Jordan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter F. Mondale, Sargent Shriver, Frances M. Voorde, Jack H. Watson, and Phil Wise.
Organization of the Papers The collection is arranged in three series: Correspondence, 1945-1996, n.d.
www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/martinl.html   (801 words)

  
 Serve DC: Jerome Johnson - Neighborhood Corps Coordinator
He has over eight years of service in both federal and District government.
His fast-track to project management began when he was handpicked by former Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly to serve as a youth advisor and continues today.
His keen interest in constituent services and focus for community initiatives afforded him several opportunities, including working as an assistant to the deputy chief of staff for policy and legislative affairs on a myriad of issues affecting the quality of life of the residents and business owners of the District.
www.cncs.dc.gov /cncs/cwp/view,A,3,Q,534453.asp   (131 words)

  
 JOHN BULOW CAMPBELL LIBRARY--Church History
Sanctuaries : a guide to lodgings in monasteries, abbeys, and retreats of the United States ; the northeast / Jack and Marcia Kelly.
Zora Neale Hurston -- Shirley Ann Jackson -- Mae C. Jemison -- Barbara Jordan -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Elizabeth Keckley -- Leontine Kelly -- Sharon Pratt Kelly -- Flo Kennedy -- Coretta Scott King -- Yolanda King -- Jewel Stradford One copy is from the Glenmary Research Center Library.
A general catalog of trustees, officers, professors, and students : of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia / compiled by Eleanor R. Millard; and A history of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia / by Ernest Trice Thompson ; Balmer H. Kelly, editor ; Molly Ann Calhoun, copy editor ; Jane Alexander Carl, assistant.
web2.ctsnet.edu /ref/historical-doctrinal%20Reference/history.htm   (9816 words)

  
 Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy: Duke Policy News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Editor's Note: These remarks were introduced during the Institute's November 13, 1998 Board of Visitors meeting
Shirley Robinson Hall, a Board of Visitors member and resident of Washington D.C., has served in former Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly's administration, and as a U.S. Alternative Representative to the United Nations 52nd General Assembly, appointed by President Clinton.
The African-American voter is generally defined by white politicians and white media and are placed in a box.
www.pubpol.duke.edu /dpn/spring99/robinson.html   (951 words)

  
 HRC Talking Points on DC Domestic Partnership Program
D.C. In 1992, the District of Columbia City Council passed the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act.
This Act was signed by Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly and became law after the Congressional review period.
The D.C. Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 has three main components:
www.glaa.org /archive/2001/dpfactsheet103001.shtml   (1064 words)

  
 Siena College - Catalog - Guest Lecturers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
To further stimulate the intellectual and cultural life of the Siena community and to encourage participation with the faculty and students of other institutions, noted lecturers and speakers are brought to the Siena campus.
Among the lecturers appearing at the College recently were: former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, John Ratzenberger of “Cheers,” Spike Lee, Philip Agee, Rita Marley, Chai Ling, Sharon Pratt Kelly, Fr.
Joseph Girzone, and Marv Levy, former Buffalo Bills head coach.
www.siena.edu /Catalog2006/TheSienaCommunity/GuestLecturers.asp   (82 words)

  
 Ruppert Companies Community Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Re-opening event for a donated city park landscape
City park ceremony with D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly
A landscape training event benefiting a D.C. soccer field
www.ruppertcompanies.com /properties_comm_relations.html   (103 words)

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