1992	Dr.   Sidney O.   Burnett, Jr.  became the first African
American president of the Maryland State Dental Association.    This 110 years old organization  refused Dr. Burnett membership until the late 1950's, after he applied for admission several times.    He was also the first African American to serve on the State Board of Dental Examiners.
1992	Kweisi Mfume, African American Congressman from Maryland
to become chairman of the Black Caucus in  United States Congress.
Adapted from:    Three Hundred and Fifty Years:    A Chronology of the Afro American  In Maryland,  by Roland C.  McConnell.     Updated by curriculum writers.
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