| Born December 5, 1948
Married, wife Baseemah
Four children, Aaliyah, Sandra, Malika and Malik
Four grandchildren, Malik, Ariel, Myles and Langston
Three great-grandchildren, Addisyn, Bentley and Kambria
Retired from General Electric Corporation
Second Missionary Baptist Church
Howard High School, 1966
Attended Chattanooga State Technical Community College majoring in Electronics
Graduate of Chattanooga State
Attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga studying economics
Second Missionary Baptist Church School of Evangelism, 2012
Member, Education Instruction
Member, Government Operations Committee
Member, Health Committee
Member, Ethics Committee
Member, Education Instruction Subcommittee
Member, Joint Commerce, Labor, Transportation and Agriculture
House member of the 111th through 114th General Assemblies
Chattanooga City Councilman, 19 years
Chattanooga City School Board, 10 years
Tennessee Board of Parole and Probation, 7 years
Second Missionary Baptist Church, Deacon
Chairman, Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 2016 - current
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE)
Chattanooga NAACP Life Member and Board Member
Tennessee Human Rights Commission
Chairman, Chattanooga-Hamilton County North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization
Chattanooga Downtown Redevelopment Corporation (CDRC)
Chattanooga/Hamilton County Railroad Authority
Past Board Chairman of the Henry Branch YMCA
Former Board member of the Challenger Space Center Chattanooga (NASA)
Former Board member of the Moccasin Bend National Park
Former Board member of the Scenic Land School
Former Board member of the Kirby Day Care Center
Former Board member of the Chattanooga Community Impact Fund
Former Board member of the Senter School
Former Board member of the Fortwood Center
A founder of the Chattanooga Youth Council
Breaking the Silence Honoree, 2018
Second Missionary Baptist Church Spiritual Growth Service Award
"Service Award" TN Human Rights Commission, 2009
"Public Citizen of the Year" National Association of Social Workers, TN Chapter, 2007
"Hope for Chattanooga" Community Development Award, 2004
"Community Choice Award" CAACC, 2003
"Service Award" Chattanooga Police Foundation, Inc., 2002
Human Rights Award Presented by Church Women United, 2022
Ten for Tennessee #2 (Banning Corporal Punishment on Students) Award for supporting students social-emotional and academic development, 2022
Ten for Tennessee #7 (Promoting the Teaching of Truthful history) Award for increasing educator diversity and quality, 2022
2022 Hamilton County Schools Foundation Award- Alumni Hero Award
NAACP Chattanooga/Hamilton County (ACT-SO Chapter Award for contributions and continues support), 2019 |