Education:
BA, Religion, Philosophy, Fisk University, 1963
BA, Theology, American Baptist Theological Seminary, 1961.

Professional Experience:
Community Affairs Director, National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 1980-1982
Director, ACTION Federal Volunteer Agency, 1977.

Political Experience:
Senior Chief Deputy Minority Whip, United States House of Representatives, present
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1987-present
Councilman, Atlanta City Council, 1982-1986
Sought Democratic Nomination, United States House of Representatives for Special Election, 1977.

Organizations:
Chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-1966
Coordinator, Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964
Associate Director, Field Foundation
Martin Luther King Center for Social Change, African American Institute
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Director, Voter Education Project.

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
21st Century Health Care Caucus
Albanian Issues Caucus
Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation
Caucus on Hellenic Issues
Caucus on Human Trafficking
Caucus on Turkey
Co-Chair, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Caucus
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Congressional Coalition on Adoption
Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Congressional Humanities Caucus
Congressional Kidney Caucus
Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
Congressional Soccer Caucus
Congressional Urban Caucus
Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus
Congressional Vision Caucus
Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
Diabetes caucus
Financial and Economic Literacy
Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus
Gaming Caucus
Global Road Safety Caucus
Green Schools Caucus
Historic Preservation Caucus
House Cancer Caucus
House Nursing Caucus
House Rural Health Care Caucus
House Trails Caucus
Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention
Labor and Working Families
Missing and Exploited Children
Native American Caucus
Out of Iraq Caucus
Out of Poverty Caucus
Pakistan Caucus
Peanut Caucus
Progressive Caucus
STEM Education Caucus
Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus
Tri-Caucus.

Committees:
Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Member
Subcommittee on Oversight, Chair
Ways and Means, Member