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- Birth nameCarolyn Jean Cheeks
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick was born on June 25, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was married to Bernard Kilpatrick. She died on October 7, 2025 in Fayetteville, Georgia, USA.
- SpouseBernard Kilpatrick(1968 - 1981) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- As a member of the Appropriations Committee, she secured earmarks for her Detroit-based district, including $4.7 million for the Karmanos Cancer Institute, $1.5 million for the purchase of alternative-fuel buses and $500,000 for Detroit's summer youth services program, among others.
- The second Black woman from Michigan to serve in the U.S. House.
- In 1963, she graduated from the High School of Commerce in the city as president of her class and attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids.
- She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Western Michigan University in 1972 and a master's degree in education from the University of Michigan in 1977.
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