Wilmer Carter
{{Short description|American politician (born 1941)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Wilmer Amina Carter
| image name =
| state_assembly = California
| district = 62nd
| term_start = December 4, 2006
| term_end = November 30, 2012
| predecessor = Joe Baca, Jr.
| successor = Steven Bradford (redistricted)
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|07|12}}
| birth_place = Neshoba County, Mississippi
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = William Henry "Ratibu" Jacocks
| children = 3
| party = Democratic
| profession = Businessperson
| alma_mater = California State University, San Bernardino
| residence = Rialto, California
| religion =
}}
Wilmer Amina Carter (born July 19, 1941) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat.
Pre-legislative career and personal
Wilmer Amina Carter comes from a large, extended family and spent her childhood years on a farm in Mississippi before moving to San Bernardino.[http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/11/02/ca/state/vote/carter_w/bio.html "Full Biography for Wilmer Amina Carter, Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 62". San Bernardino County, CA, November 2, 2010 Election.]
Carter served 16 years on the Rialto Board of Education from 1983 through 1999. For 23 years from 1973 until 1996, she was a staff member for Congressman George Brown, Jr. One of her jobs was District director. She also coordinated legislative and community relations for Cal State San Bernardino.
A high school in Rialto is named after her. Wilmer Amina Carter High School is the first high school in the Inland Empire named after a living African-American woman.
Assembly member Carter graduated from San Bernardino High School and San Bernardino Valley College, and earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in education from California State University, San Bernardino.
Legislative history
During her tenure, Assembly Member Carter has created, co-authored and supported laws that improve health, safety, transportation, jobs, housing and education for the citizens of the 62nd District and California.
References
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External links
- [http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/11/02/ca/state/vote/carter_w/bio.html "Full Biography for Wilmer Amina Carter, Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 62". San Bernardino County, CA, November 2, 2010 Election.]
- [http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/6445 Join California Wilmer Amina Carter]
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Category:African-American state legislators in California
Category:California State University, San Bernardino alumni
Category:Members of the California State Assembly
Category:People from Neshoba County, Mississippi
Category:People from Rialto, California
Category:Women state legislators in California
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:San Bernardino Valley College alumni
Category:21st-century African-American women politicians
Category:21st-century African-American politicians
Category:20th-century African-American politicians
Category:20th-century African-American women politicians
Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:San Bernardino High School alumni
Category:21st-century members of the California State Legislature