Julian C. Dixon

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Julian C. Dixon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 28th and 32nd district
In office January 3, 1979 – December 8, 2000
Preceded by	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Succeeded by	Diane Watson
Born	August 8, 1934 Washington, D.C.
Died	December 8, 2000 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California
Political party	Democratic

Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American politician from the state of California.

Dixon was born in Washington D.C. and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles. He was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat in 1972, and served in that body for three terms. Dixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978. He chaired the rules committee at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the ethics probe into Speaker Jim Wright. Dixon won re-election to the 107th United States Congress, but died of a heart attack in December 2000.

The busy 7th St/Metro Center transfer station for the Red, Purple, and Blue Lines in downtown Los Angeles is named after Dixon, with a plaque commemorating his role in obtaining the federal funding that enabled construction of the Metro Rail system. His alma mater, Southwestern University School of Law, in 2004 opened the Julian C. Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center in the famed Bullocks Wilshire building. The Culver City branch of the Los Angeles County Library is also named in his honor. The third revised edition of Black Americans in Congress 1870-2007 (House Document 108-224) is dedicated to the memory of Dixon per House Concurrent Resolution 43 of the 107th Congress.

Dixon was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

[edit] External links

• Julian C. Dixon at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Julian C. Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center
• Julian Dixon's Gravesite

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