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Apr 6, 2021 · As pictures of her family are shown, McClellan reflects on how Jim Crow and systemic racism impacted her parents and grandparents’ lives, from restricted economic opportunities to voter suppression.
McClellan was born in Petersburg, Virginia. [5] Her father, James Fennimore McClellan Jr., was a professor at Virginia State University, where her mother, Lois Dedeaux McClellan, worked as a counselor. [6] Both her parents were involved in civil rights activism. [7] She attended Matoaca High School in Chesterfield County, where she was ...
A lifelong Virginia native, McClellan was born in Petersburg to parents who served the community: her father worked as a professor at Virginia State University and her mother worked as a counselor at VSU. McClellan attended Matoaca High School in Chesterfield County, where she was valedictorian.
Feb 24, 2023 · The former Virginia state senator is the great-great-grandchild of enslaved African Americans and the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress. McClellan was born on December 28, 1972, in Petersburg, Virginia, to parents who worked for Virginia State University (VSU), an HBCU.
Apr 7, 2021 · At the rally in Ettrick Park, Jennifer McClellan might have been the focal point. But it was Mama McClellan who stole the show. Folks frequently came up to where she was sitting to chat her up, and she was more than willing to oblige everyone.
Congresswoman McClellan was born in Petersburg to parents who served the community: Her father worked as a professor at Virginia State University and her mother worked as a counselor at VSU.
Jan 11, 2016 · In 1901, Jennifer McClellan’s great-grandfather, Henry Davidson, went to his local registrar’s office in Alabama to register to vote. He was subjected to a difficult literacy test and then was told to find three white men to vouch for his character.
McClellan and her husband, David Mills, have two children, Jackson and Samantha. Jennifer L. McClellan was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on December 7, 2016. State representative Jennifer L. McClellan was born on December 28, 1972 in Petersburg, Virginia.
Feb 23, 2023 · “ I’m fighting the same fight that my parents, my grandparents, and my great-grandparents fought,” she said, adding that her great grandparents faced voter suppression and her parents told her stories of living in the segregated South.
Feb 22, 2023 · Her father, James McClellan Jr., was a professor at Virginia State University, a historically Black college. Her mother, Lois McClellan, worked as a counselor there.
