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Counselor to Six Presidents
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Counselor to Six Presidents
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Find Your Joy.
1930
John is born in Mississippi.
John is born in Mississippi.
John Perkins was born during the height of Jim Crow and the Great Depression to a sharecropping and bootlegging family. John’s exact birth date is unknown.
1931
John's mother dies of malnutrition.
John's mother dies of malnutrition.
John’s mother dies of pellagra as she gives him her last strength.
John’s grandmother becomes his primary caretaker.
1939
He drops out of 3rd grade at Greenwood Elementary.
He drops out of 3rd grade at Greenwood Elementary.
1946
Brother Clyde is killed by police after he returns from WWII. John escapes to California.
Brother Clyde is killed by police after he returns from WWII. John escapes to California.
“Many African American veterans were determined to fight for their own freedom