Sundra Escott-Russell is an American politician who served as an Alabama state legislator in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate. She is the first African American woman to be elected to the Alabama Senate.[1]
Political career
editEscott-Russell was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1981 and served until 1993, when she was elected to the Alabama Senate, where she served until 2006.[1][2] As a state senator, she served as chair of the Children, Youth Affairs and Human Resource Committee.[2]
She succeeded Earl Hilliard in the 20th Senate district[3] and was succeeded in the Alabama Senate by Linda Coleman-Madison.
Life
editEscott-Russell is a pastor at Israel Missionary Community Church, and her father Wedzell Escott Sr. and her Brother Rev. Michael Escott were also pastors. She graduated from Alabama State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and with a Master of Public Administration from Strayer University.[4]
The Birmingham Public Library has an undated black and white photograph of her.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Alabama Senate". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Celebrate Girls banquet will be Thursday". The Tuscaloosa News. April 22, 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
- ^ "Our Pastor". Israel Missionary Community Church.
- ^ "Sundra Escott-Russell". cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org.
External links
edit- Alabama: Oral Interview with Sundra Escott (1983, Part 1 of 2; Part 2 of 2), Southern Women Legislators Collection, University of Mississippi