Perkins, Vera Mae.
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Perkins, Vera Mae.
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Perkins, Vera Mae.
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African American Christian worker, wife of John Perkins; born in 1930s in Mississippi; worked with other family members as a migrant worker during her childhood; married John Perkins; 1951; returned to Mississippi, 1960; with her husband, co-founded Voice of Calvary, a community-based ministry and development program in Mendenhall, 1964, which later moved to Jackson; co-founded Harambee Christian Family Center in Pasadena, CA, 1982.
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Mendenhall (Miss.)
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Mississippi
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