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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Memphis
  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • BS, LeMoyne Owen College
  • MEd, University of Memphis

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Memphis
  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • BS, LeMoyne Owen College
  • MEd, University of Memphis
  • Civil Rights Advocate Administrator
  • Educator, retired

Political Experience

  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Memphis
  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • BS, LeMoyne Owen College
  • MEd, University of Memphis
  • Civil Rights Advocate Administrator
  • Educator, retired
  • Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 85, 2010-2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Advisory Board, Memphis Juvenile Court System

Secretary, Board of Directors, New Memphis Arena Building Authority

Former Member, Consumer and Human Resources Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Former Member, Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education Administration and Planning Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Former Vice-Chair, Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board, Shelby County

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education Administration and Planning, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Tennessee State House of Representatives

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Memphis
  • Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • BS, LeMoyne Owen College
  • MEd, University of Memphis
  • Civil Rights Advocate Administrator
  • Educator, retired
  • Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 85, 2010-2019
  • Member, Board of Directors, National Association for the Advancement of Colored Member (NAACP), Peoples Tennessee State Conference
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Greater Middle Baptist Church
  • Member, Leadership Memphis
  • Assistant Secretary, LeMoyne Owen National Alumni Association
  • Founding Member/Former President, Memphis Alliance of Black School Educators
  • Member/Former President, Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
  • Member, Memphis Retired Teachers Association
  • Member, Memphis/Shelby County Anti-Predatory Lending Coalition
  • Member, United Teaching Profession
  • Member, Westwood Neighborhood Association

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Living Legends Award, Northeast Region of the NAACP

    Living Legends Award, Memphis Griszzlies and the National Civil Rights Museum

    Addie G. Owen Racial Justice Award, YWCA of Greater Memphis

    Legends of Memphis Award for Community Involvement, National Coalition of 100 Black Women - Memphis Chapter;

    Freedom Award for Community Service, University of Memphis Chapter of the NAACP

    Women of Excellence Award, Tri-State Defender; Friend of Education Award -- Memphis Education Association

    Memphis "Freedom Sister" Smithsonian Institute/National Civil Rights Museum

    Women Making a Difference Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Ruby R. Wharton Award for Outstanding Service in Race Relations, Mayor A C wharton

    Steadfastness in Pursuit of Freedom and Justice, Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival, Inc.

    Women Making a Difference Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kwanzaa Honoree for Community Service, Mid-South Kwanzaa Inc., Annual listing in "100 Most Influential Movers and Shakers in Memphis (1997-present), Memphis Magazine