Early Life, Education and Family
Kilpatrick attended Detroit's Cass Technical High School and graduated from Florida A&M University (where he was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity) with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science in 1992. He later received a Juris Doctor degree from the Detroit College of Law (now the Michigan State University College of Law) in 1999. Kwame's brother, Tim, also attended Florida A&M University and he played for the Ratttler football team.
His mother, former Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, represented Michigan's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, but was not re-elected to office because she lost her primary election on August 3, 2010 to Michigan State Senator Hansen Clarke. NPR and CBS News both noted that throughout her re-election campaign, she was dogged by questions about Kwame Kilpatrick. Michigan Live reported that her election defeat could in part be attributed to the Kwame Kilpatrick scandals. Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, served as Chief of Staff to former Wayne County Executive Edward H. McNamara and currently operates a consulting firm called Maestro Associates of Detroit.
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