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Clara A. L. Virginia Fields, better known as C. Virginia Fields (née Clark; born August 6, 1945), is an American politician who served as Borough President of Manhattan. She was served two terms, elected in 1997 and reelected in 2001, with her second term expiring at the end of 2005.
11. Apr. 2017 · Fields served two terms as the president of the Manhattan Borough and was only the second African American woman to hold that position. She was also the highest ranking African American elected official at the time. Fields remained as president of the Manhattan Borough until her term ended in 2005. After her term as president ended ...
C. Virginia Fields is the President and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on Health Inc., whose mission is to champion the promotion of health and prevention of diseases to reduce disparities and achieve equity for the Black community.
In 1997, C. Virginia Fields became the highest-ranking African American elected official in New York City when Manhattan voters chose her as their new borough president. A two-term veteran of the New York City Council, Fields was only the second African American woman in city history to win a council seat representing the city ’ s most ...
AIDS remains the leading cause of death among black women between 25-34 years and the second leading cause of death in black men between 35-44 years.Accordin...
In this episode, we sit down with C. Virginia Fields, former Manhattan Borough President and the President and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commissio...
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Legislator C. Virginia Fields was born on August 6, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama to Peter Clark and Lucille Clark. Fields earned her B.A. degree in sociology from Knoxville College, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1967; and her M.S.W. degree in social work from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1969.
