Edna Wilson-Mosley was a prominent politician, civil rights activist, and educator in Denver and Aurora, Colorado.
14 Facts About Edna Wilson-Mosley
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Edna Wilson-Mosley was the only Black founder of the Women's Bank of Denver and served on the board of directors.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley was married to John Mosley, a highly respected and original Tuskegee Airman.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley Wilson was born May 31,1925, in Helena, Arkansas.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley's sister-in-law is the mother of Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley attended Manual High School and the University of Northern Colorado in 1943.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley returned to college and graduated in the first graduating class at Metropolitan State College in Denver in 1969.
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In 1954, Edna Wilson-Mosley visited relatives in Helena, Arkansas and on the day they returned to Denver, a white man on the train platform asked them to leave.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley told this story as an explanation and inciting incident for her lifelong involvement in racial equity.
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From 1969 to 1970, Edna Wilson-Mosley worked for the Colorado Civil Rights Commission as a civil rights specialist, and as the community relations coordinator from 1970 to 1974.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley then worked for the Colorado State and Department of Personnel as the assistant state affirmative action coordinator until 1978, and then went to the University of Denver as affirmative action director.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley was a founder of The Women's Bank, now called Colorado Business Bank.
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In 1991, Edna Wilson-Mosley was the first Black city council member in Aurora, Colorado, where she served for 12 years.
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Edna Wilson-Mosley was influential in the community by sponsoring anti-gang programs, local gun control legislation, and racial equality efforts.