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Harvey b gantt biography
Harvey Gantt
American architect and politician
Harvey Bernard Gantt (born January 14, 1943)[1] is an Americanarchitect and Democraticpolitician active in North Carolina.[2] The first African-American student admitted to Clemson University after attending Iowa State University, Gantt graduated with honors in architecture, earned a master's at MIT, and established an architectural practice in Charlotte with a partner.
Gantt entered local politics, where he was elected to the city council, serving from 1974 to 1983. He was elected to two terms as the first black Mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987. In 1990 and 1996, Gantt was the Democratic nominee for the U.S.
Senate, losing to incumbent Republican Jesse Helms both times.
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Early life and education
Gantt was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Wilhelminia and Christopher C. Gantt, a shipyard worker. He started to participate in civil rightsactivism in high school.
In 1963, he was the first African A