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Willie Kitchens, former lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Impressions, talks to students at Camp REACH. By Jaelyn Moon,
At 90 years old, Reverend John Lloyd Edwards was one of Chattanooga’s oldest and most active ministers, pastoring Cosmopolitan Community Church. He was born to The Late Reverend John Lloyd Edwards, Sr. and Mahala Edwards in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the second youngest of 12 children. Several communities in Oklahoma are named after the Edwards family, who were early pioneers in the state’s Black community.
He is the author of Ex-Slave Extra: The Mary Walker Story and is regarded as one of the region’s major proponents of literacy and Black History.
Mary Walker was born in 1848 in Union Springs, Alabama, and was enslaved until she was 15 years old when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863. She was married and had her first child by the age of 20. She had worked a variety of occupations by the time she was 68, including cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and selling sandwiches to earn funds for her church. Walker and her family then relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, In 1917. by the age of 114, she had lost all three of her children as well as her husband.
She enlisted in the Chattanooga Area Literacy Movement (CALM) in 1963, where she was taught by Helen Kelly, A volunteer teacher. She learned to read, write, add, and subtract in a one-hour lesson two times a week for more than a year, According to WRCB-TV.
Walker received A number of medals and accolades for her endurance and determination, including the Key to Chattanooga. She was also designated Chattanooga’s Ambassador of Goodwill twice and was certified as the Nation’s Oldest Student by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In addition, she was honored by Two U.S. presidents, dignitaries from around the country and Canada, and even an aircraft flight in 1966. Following her death In 1969, the City of Chattanooga renamed her retirement home and built a memorial to honor her life.
Elizabeth Tallman — Executive Administrator LaTonya Pinkard — Director of Education
Nancy Cogar, Esq — Vice President Nea Paris — Secretary & Business Consultant
Sheryl Fletcher — Registered Nurce Darell Walsh, PH.D — UTC Sociology Professor
Regina Enochs — Accounting Professional Kemberly Edwards PH.D — Education Admin
Bruce Morgan — Bryan College Dean of Students John Edwards, III — Ex Oficio
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The Importance of Summer Learning
Willie Kitchens, former lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Impressions, talks to students at Camp REACH. By Jaelyn Moon,
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