About Debra Dickerson
Born 1959. Debra Dickerson is an American military officer, essayist and journalist.
Debra J. Dickerson (born 1959) is an American author, editor, writer, and contributing writer and blogger for Mother Jones magazine. Dickerson has been most prolific as an essayist, writing on race relations and racial identity in the United States.
Early life She dropped out of Florissant Valley Community College and the University of Missouri, soon after to serve in the United States Air Force from 1980 to 1992 as an intelligence officer. She earned a BA in Politics and Government from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Debra Dickerson was born in 1959.
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