Wilmer Amina Carter
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Title
Wilmer Amina Carter
Description
Wilmer Amina Carter first came to San Bernardino, CA in 1952 from Neshoba County, Mississippi. Carter worked at California State University, San Bernardino in the Educational Opportunity Program office and later in the president’s office, served as a staff member for Congressman George Brown, was the first Black member of the Rialto School Board, and was elected to the California State Assembly in 2006. Carter was married to Ratibu Jacocks for 34 years before his passing in 2015, and together, they co-founded the "Bridges that Carried Us Over Project" to document the Black experience and history in the Inland Empire.
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The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
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Information Sheet
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project