THIS LEGACY IS YOURS:
Celebrating the
Lasting Contributions of African American Women
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Vera L. Wesley
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. |
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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. This Legacy is Yours was a cooperative effort between the National Council of Negro Women, Champaign County Chapter, and the Museum of the Grand Prairie.
A gold star 
denotes original charter members of the Champaign County Section of the National Council of Negro Women.
