PRESIDENT SIGNS INTO LAW LEGISLATION TO HONOR LEGACY OF KATHERINE DUNHAM

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | October 13, 2006 | Copyright

The office of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued the following press release:

Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) and Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) today announced that their legislation to honor the lifetime achievements and legacy of Katherine Dunham by naming a post office in East St. Louis in her honor has been signed into law.

Born in Glen Ellyn Illinois on June 22, 1909, Katherine Dunham was one of the first African Americans to attend the University of Chicago where she eventually earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Anthropology. Dunham ...

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