Wilmer Amina Carter | |
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Member of the California State Assembly from the 62nd district | |
In office December 4, 2006 –November 30, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Joe Baca,Jr. |
Succeeded by | Steven Bradford (redistricted) |
Personal details | |
Born | Neshoba County,Mississippi | July 12,1941
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | William Henry "Ratibu" Jacocks |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Rialto,California |
Alma mater | California State University,San Bernardino |
Profession | Businessperson |
Wilmer Amina Carter (born July 19,1941) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat.
Wilmer Amina Carter comes from a large,extended family and spent her childhood years on a farm in Mississippi before moving to San Bernardino. [1]
Carter served 16 years on the Rialto Board of Education from 1983 through 1999. For 23 years from 1973 until 1996,she was a staff member for Congressman George Brown,Jr. One of her jobs was District director. She also coordinated legislative and community relations for Cal State San Bernardino.
A high school in Rialto is named after her. Wilmer Amina Carter High School is the first high school in the Inland Empire named after a living African-American woman.
Assembly member Carter graduated from San Bernardino High School and San Bernardino Valley College,and earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in education from California State University,San Bernardino.
During her tenure,Assembly Member Carter has created,co-authored and supported laws that improve health,safety,transportation,jobs,housing and education for the citizens of the 62nd District and California.
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