| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:California_State_University,_Los_Angeles California State University, Sacramento
 
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                                | gptkbp:dateOfBirth | 1926-05-12 
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                                | gptkbp:dateOfDeath | 2012-10-07 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:Democratic_Party 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | first Trinidadian to serve as a U.S. Congressman first black Lieutenant Governor of California
 first foreign-born black member of the U.S. House of Representatives
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:educator gptkb:politician
 
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                                | gptkbp:placeOfBirth | gptkb:Cedros,_Trinidad_and_Tobago 
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                                | gptkbp:placeOfDeath | gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:positionHeld | gptkb:United_States_Senator gptkb:state_order
 gptkb:California_State_Senator
 California State Assembly member
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Alice_Gueno_Dymally 
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                                | gptkbp:termEnd | U.S. Representative, 1993 California State Assembly member, 1966
 California State Senator, 1975
 Lieutenant Governor of California, 1979
 
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                                | gptkbp:termStart | California State Assembly member, 1963 California State Senator, 1967
 Lieutenant Governor of California, 1975
 U.S. Representative, 1981
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Congressional_Progressive_Caucus 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Mervyn Dymally 
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