Charles Paul Hammock (August 24, 1941 – February 15, 2014) was a former Democratic member of the

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Biography

Hammock was also active in the

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and served for a time as president of the board of directors for the National Office for Black Catholics. He was one of five African-American Catholics to take their grievances against US Catholic racism to the

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in a bid to meet with

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. Their efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. Hammock graduated from

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. He then received his bachelor's degree in economics from

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Death

He died on February 15, 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammock, Charles Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Villanova University alumni 1941 births 2014 deaths African-American Catholics 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly