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GOV. EASLEY APPOINTS HARRISON, PARKER AND WATERS TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION

(Media-Newswire.com) - Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Harry Harrison of Asheville, Freddie L. Parker of Durham and Darin Waters of Raleigh to the African-American Heritage Commission.

And here is where we get the latest on Darin ...

Waters is an adjunct history professor at UNC-Asheville. He is the associate editor of The Lincoln Review, past chairman of the Raleigh Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and past vice-president of the Uptown Raleigh Kiwanis Club. Waters received his Bachelor’s degree from Liberty University in Virginia, his Master’s degree from N.C. State University and his doctorate from UNC-Chapel Hill.

The commission’s duties are to advise and assist the Secretary of Cultural Resources in the preservation, interpretation and promotion of African-American history, arts and culture. The commission has 10 members, each serving a three-year term. The governor appoints four members. The Senate President Pro Tempore and the Speaker of the House each appoint three members.

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