Melvin Lemuel Jenkins

Background

Jenkins, Melvin Lemuel was born on October 15, 1947 in Halifax, North Carolina, United States. Son of Solomon Green and Minerva(Long) Jenkins.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Carolina Agricultural and State University, 1969. Juris Doctor, U. Kansas, 1972.

Career

Bar: Nebraska 1973. United States. District Court Nebraska 1973. Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Kansas City, Missoury, 1972, Housing and Urban Development, Kansas City, 1972-1973.

Regional attorney United States Commision on Civil Rights, Kansas City, Missoury, 1973-1979.

Regional director United States Commision on Civil Rights, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1979. Chairman Master of Arts Roundtable, Kansas City, 1981-1983.

Member Kansas City HumanRelations Commission, 1980. Member Missouri Black Adoption Advisory Board, Kansas City, since 1981.

Board directors Joan Davis Special School.

Achievements

• Melvin Lemuel Jenkins has been listed as a reputable Civil rights lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Nebraska Bar Association, American Civil Liberties Union, National Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association, Urban League. African Methodist Episcopalian.

Connections

Married Wanda Joyce Holly, May 20, 1972. Children: Dawn, Shelley, Melvin, Holly Rae-Annual.

Father:

Solomon Green Jenkins

Mother:

Minerva(Long) Jenkins

Spouse:

Wanda Joyce Holly

child:

Dawn Jenkins

child:

Holly Rae-Ann Jenkins

child:

Melvin Jenkins

child:

Shelley Jenkins