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TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE: George Thomas Leland III, one of first African Americans to serve in state legislature By Ken Bridges Special to the Herald Democrat Hunger and malnutrition have haunted the world for ages.  Some great spirits across the centuries spent their lives fighting this scourge and helping others.  One such man, Mickey Leland, a Houston congressman, dedicated his career to alleviating hunger and poverty.  In 1989, the congressman died fighting for this cause. George Thomas Leland III, nicknamed “Mickey,” was born in Lubbock in November 1944.  His father abandoned the family when he was a child, and his mother took him and his brother to Houston where she eventually became a teacher.

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