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Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position.
In his second bid in two years to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, Mike Espy has erased a 25-point deficit to make the race a dead heat.
Apr 3, 2007 · Learn about the life and career of Mike Espy, who made history as the first black representative from Mississippi and the first African American to lead the USDA. Find out how he faced bribery charges, ran for the Senate, and joined the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity.
Such was the case in 1986 when, as a 32-year-old attorney from Yazoo City, he won election to Congress from the Delta district where political icon Robert Clark, the first black person elected to the Legislature since the 1800s, failed in two previous attempts. Espy made national news by winning.
Sep 30, 2020 · In 1986, a young Black lawyer and state official named Mike Espy was elected the first Black congressman from Mississippi since the late 1800s. He was re-elected three times.
Alphonso Michael Espy (born November 30, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of agriculture from 1993 to 1994. He was both the first African American and the first person from the Deep South to hold the position.
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Having served as both a US congressman and US secretary of agriculture by the time he was forty, Mike Espy seemed on his way to a long and successful political career before he was brought down by an influence-peddling scandal. Born on 30 November 1953 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Alphonso Michael “Mike” Espy earned a […]
