Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 13, 2022

Minority Whip, Georgia State Senate, 2011-2017

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 39, 1996-2017

Candidate, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 2017

Member, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee, present

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Committee on Education, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus

Former Member, Education and Youth Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Fulton County Senate Delegation

Former Chair, Interstate Cooperation Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Interstate Cooperation Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Retirement Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust

Former Member, Urban Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Member, Government Oversight Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2017

Member, Special Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2017

President, Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, 1992-1993

Former Professor, History/Political Science, Morris Brown College

Former Assistant Director, Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project

Professor, History/Political Science, Clark Atlanta University, 1996-1997

Senior Assistant, City Council, City of Atlanta, 1994-1996

Professor, Morehouse College, 1983-1994

Manager, City Council Campaigns, 1989, 1993

Member, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), present

Member, Anti-Defamation League, present

Member, Georgia Council on Aging, present

Member, Lions Club, present

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), present

Member, National Association of Consumer Advocates, present

Board Member, Atlanta Economic Development Corporation, 1992-1993

Treasurer, Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta, 1993

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, Georgia Association of Educators;
Legislator of the Year, Alpha Kappa Alpha;
Legislator of the Year, Improved benevolent Protective Order of Elks;
Legislator of the Year, National Association of Consumer Advocates;
Unsung Hero, Anti-Defamation League