Senator, Mississippi State Senate, 1988-2012

Mississippi Representative, Education Commission of the States

Chair, Education Committee, Southern Legislative Conference

Experience, Mississippi Advisory Council to the United States Civil Rights Commission

Member, National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Experience, Former Teacher/Educator

Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Member, Business and Professional Women

Member, Hinds County Federation of Democratic Women

Member, League of Women Voters

Member, Mississippi Association of Educators

Member, NOBEL Women

Life Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Conference of State Legislators

Member, National Council of Negro Women

Member, National Education Association

Member, Rolling Hills Neighborhood Club

Member, Saint James Baptist Church

Member, Women's Political Network