Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb2016

she is disturbed by recent police shootings of black men

around the country.

“It’s very disappointing. It’s heart-wrenching. I never

dreamed of this. But so many times, justice has not prevailed

for any of us,” she said. “Change has to come one day, and I’m

not sure when the change comes if I’ll be living. Hopefully, I’ll

be able to help with the change while I’m on this Earth.”

Fordham believes that valuable lessons can be learned by

sharing the stories of Edmund Jenkins and others like him.

He believes these lessons can help shape our country’s future.

“Once you get a better understanding of the past, you

have a better understanding of your future,” he said.

Jenkins-Lewis, meanwhile, is confident that sharing the

story of her great-grandfather’s bravery and determination to

be equal among men will resonate today.

“I want them to know that in spite of what we are ex-

periencing in the times today, change is very critical for the

United States of America, and he was an example of that,”

she said. “We must change. My great-grandfather led by

example, in spite of what he had to endure.”

A public housing

facility built in

1952 was named

in honor of

Edmund Jenkins.

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