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Johnnie Turner's Biography

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Full Name:

Johnnie R. Turner

Gender:

Female

Family:

Widowed; 1 Child

Home City:

Memphis, TN

Religion:

Baptist

Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Memphis

Attended, Post-Graduate Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

BS, LeMoyne Owen College

MEd, University of Memphis

Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 85, 2010-2019

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

Civil Rights Advocate Administrator

Educator, retired

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

Assistant Secretary, LeMoyne Owen National Alumni Association

Member, Leadership Memphis

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

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

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