Dwight Tillery is an

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of the

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who is active in local politics of

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and served as the city's mayor from 1991 to 1993. Tillery grew up in the city's West End and attended the

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in the 1960s, where he helped found the university's United Black Association and graduated with a degree in political science. He also holds a J.D. degree from the

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. Tillery served as

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from 1991 to 1993, the city's second African-American mayor. He briefly ran for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1992 before dropping out of the race in order to focus on his mayoral duties. He was a member of the Cincinnati City Council for many years, until 1998, when

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forced his retirement. He remains active in the Democratic Party, most notably working on public health issues and supporting the election campaigns of

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candidates. In 2004 Tillery founded the nonprofit organizatio
The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati
to actively engage local hospitals, social advocates, and health care leaders to combat higher rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, HIV and cancer occurring in vulnerable populations. Tillery retired from the organization on December 31, 2018.http://closingthehealthgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Health-Gap-transition-press-release-11-12-18-Final-2.pdf

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