Lowell Perry
Lowell Wesley Perry was an American football player and coach, government official, businessman, and broadcaster. He was the first AfricanAmerican assistant coach in the National Football League , the first African American to broadcast an NFL game to a national audience, and Chryslers first AfricanAmerican plant manager. He was appointed as the Commissioner of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by President Gerald Ford, holding that position from 1975 to 1976. He later served as the director of the Michigan Department of Labor from 1990 to 1996. He also served on the board of the NFL Board of Charities.
Perry was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His father, Lawrence C. Perry, was a dentist who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1920. Perry was the youngest of four children. He grew up in Ypsilanti, where his father maintained a dental practice and was a respected civic leader.
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