Kevin LaVigne Antoine (born April 7, 1959) is an American Fulbright Specialist and former politician. In 1996, he became the first African American to win a major political party's nomination for the United States Congress in Mississippi's majority-White Fourth Congressional District, upsetting the Mississippi political establishment. The strategic campaign of this political novice led to an unexpected win of the Democratic nomination while running against an 11-year white female Jackson city council member who was the favorite to win the nomination. He campaigned to become the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress from a majority white congressional district in Mississippi. He lost the 1996 general election. He is a Fulbright Specialist and a Professor of Health Law & Policy at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He is former Harvard University Administrative Fellow. He received his law degree from the College of William & Mary, a certificate in Organizational Change from Cornell University’s School of Industrial Relations, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is also a former U.S. Air Force Captain.
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