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However, as mayor he was never popular with loyalists of preceding Detroit Mayor Coleman Young . Young considered Sharon McPhail (a former member of the Detroit City Council ) his rightful successor. In the 1993 race to succeed Young, Archer (who is black) did not win a majority of the black vote. Archer was reelected by a large margin in 1997, but was subject to a recall movement in his second term, launched by many of his original opponents. Archer refused to run for re-election in 2001. In October, 2004 , he was appointed as legal guardian for civil rights activist Rosa Parks . Archer is also the Chairman of Detroit-based law firm Dickinson Wright. Archer earned his B.S. in Education from Western Michigan University and taught learning disabled children in Detroit Public Schools from 1965 - 1970 . He earned his Juris Doctor from the Detroit College Of Law in 1970 . Archer is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha , the first intercollegiate Greek-letter Fraternity established for African Americans. EXTERNAL LINK REFERENCES
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