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Cherelle Parker: “I was the first college graduate in my family graduating…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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Cherelle Parker delivers inaugural address as Philadelphia mayor

Published | Video Starts at 20:42

Because some people act like they are all growing up in Cosby, like families, and that is not the reality. I was the first college graduate in my family graduating from Lincoln University. I was the first graduate of an Ivy League institution acquiring a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Then I went on to a career as a certified secondary English teacher. (20:42–20:48)

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