Background
Perkins, Linda Marie was born on November 22, 1950 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Marion DuBose and Minerva Octavia (Fletcher) Perkins.
Perkins, Linda Marie was born on November 22, 1950 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Marion DuBose and Minerva Octavia (Fletcher) Perkins.
Bachelor of Science, Kentucky State University, 1971; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1978.
Director affirmative action, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, 1978-1979; fellow, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1981; assistant director Mary I. Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1983; assistant vice president, Claremont (California) College, 1983-1986; visiting scholar, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1986.
Active Big Sisters of Boston, Allocations Committee United Way, Task Force on Minority Youth Unemployment, Los Angeles. Board directors Pnmona Valley Young Women’s Christian Association, California, 1983-1987. Member Organization American Historians, Association Black Women Historians (secretary 1986-1988), History Education School, American Educational Research Association (division secretary since 1988), American Studies Association.
Married Vincent Lee Wimbush, July23, 1983.