Crystal Arlene Kuykendall

Background

Kuykendall, Crystal Arlene was born on December 11, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Cleophus Campbell and Ellen (Campbell) Logan.

Education

Bachelor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1970. Master of Arts, Montclair State University, New Jersey, 1972. Doctor of Education, Atlanta University, Georgia, 1975.

Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 2002. Master of Divinity, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, 2005.

Career

Instructor Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, 1971-1973. Administration intern District of Columbia Public Schools, 1974-1975. Director citizens training institute National Committee for Citizens in Education, Washington, 1975-1977.

Director urban and minorities relations department National School Board Association, 1977-1979. Education director Parenting Stress Index Associates, Inc., 1979-1980. Executive director National Alliance of Black School Educators, 1980-1981.

Director marketing Roy Littlejohn Associate, Inc., since 1983. President, general counsel K.I.R.K., Inc. (Kreative and Innovative Resources for Kids), since 1981.

Host Talk Show "Magnifying The Power of Merchants of Hope", 2010. Consultant to Ministry of Sport and Recreation, Western Australia Government, 1990. Chairman United States President National Advisory Council on Continuing Education, Washington, 1978-1981.

Consultant University Pittsburgh Race Desegregation Assistance Center, 1982-1987, J.H. Lowry Association, Chicago, 1982, United States Department of Education Transition Team, Washington, 1980, talk show host Voice America Variety Channel, since 2010.

Achievements

• Bar: District of Columbia 1988.

Works

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  • Improving black student achievement by enhancing students' self-image (Mid-Atlantic Equity Center series)

    (This book will help teachers to better understand the fac...)

  • From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black & Hispanic Students

    (This second edition, with a new foreword by Asa G. Hillia...)

  • From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black & Hispanic Students by Crystal Kuykendall (2004-03-01) Paperback
  • By Crystal Kuykendall - From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black & Hispanic Students: 2nd (second) Edition

Politics

Baptists believe that it is important that every person, every individual discover the richness and incredible purity of a close relationship with God.

Views

All Christians can seek to create a way of life deliberately designed to overcome evil with good and to promote justice for all.

Membership

Member advisory board Institute of the Black World, Atlanta, 1975-1981. Member steering committee National Conference on Parental Involvement, Denver, 1977-1978. Member education task force Martin Luther King Junior Center for Social Change, Atlanta, 1978-1980.

Member board directors Health Power, Inc., 1995-2001. Chairperson, board directors Henry C. Gregory III Family Life Center Foundation of Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, since 2003, board member, since 1996. Member bd directors Maryland Mentoring Partnership.

Associate minister Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, since 2005. Member National Bar Association, National Alliance of Black School Education, Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: poetry writing, card playing, swimming, jogging, skiing.

Connections

Married Roosevelt Kuykendall, April 10, 1969 (deceased August 1972). Children: Keisha, Rasheki, Kashif.

Father:

Cleophus Campbell Logan

Mother:

Ellen (Campbell) Logan

Spouse:

Roosevelt Kuykendall

child:

Kashif Kuykendall

child:

Rasheki Kuykendall

child:

Keisha Kuykendall