EntityQ983446· pop 9· linked from 169 articlesMel WattSign in to saveAmerican politicianPersonBorn1945-08-26via Open Library + WikidataKey datesBorn26 August 1945via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanFamily nameWattGendermaleCitizenshipUnited StatesOccupationlawyerEducated atYale Law SchoolPolitical partyDemocratic Party (United States)Languages spokenEnglish languageImageMelvinwatt.jpgShow 3 more factsConnectionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillEntityUnited States House Committee on Financial ServicesEntityCategories1945 births20th-century African-American lawyers20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly21st-century African-American lawyers21st-century African-American politicians21st-century North Carolina politicians21st-century United States representativesAfrican-American state legislators in North CarolinaAfrican-American United States representativesAmerican lawyersAmerican Presbyterians