THIS
LEGACY IS YOURS:
Celebrating the Lasting Contributions of
African American Women
Vera
L. Wesley
Vera L. Wesley was born in Tennessee. She moved to Champaign-Urbana
in 1957. She was one of three children (two brothers). Her parents
were farmers, so she grew up on a farm in the country and walked
three miles to attend school. Education has always been an important
part of her life. She attended schools in Jackson, Tennessee,
Atlanta, Georgia, Beauty College and Modeling School
She has been very involved in her neighborhood, and community
work. She founded the "Concerned Citizens for a Better
Neighborhood" and has worked hard to get drugs and violence
out of her neighborhood. She also started an after-school tutoring
program at the Douglass Center Annex. She has a strong love for
children and a desire to see them achieve.
Vera
L. Wesley
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denotes original charter members of the Champaign County Section
of the National Council of Negro Women.