"Community activists and some Jackson City Council members are pressuring Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. to nominate another African American to the school board instead of trying to get Jonathan Larkin reappointed.
Akil Bakari, state coordinator of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, said the recent appointment of retired cardiologist George Schimmel to replace H. Ann Jones tilted the racial balance of the five-member board.
Schimmel is white; Jones is black. The board now consists of two whites and three African Americans."
Akil Bakari, state coordinator of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, said the recent appointment of retired cardiologist George Schimmel to replace H. Ann Jones tilted the racial balance of the five-member board.
Schimmel is white; Jones is black. The board now consists of two whites and three African Americans."