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Donna Jean Martin-Young
Donna Jean Martin-Young, a beautiful baby girl, born to Mozelle & Otto Martin during the segregated era in Columbia, South Carolina. Our dad was a mail carrier while mom worked as ...view moreDonna Jean Martin-Young, a beautiful baby girl, born to Mozelle & Otto Martin during the segregated era in Columbia, South Carolina. Our dad was a mail carrier while mom worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse at the old segregated Columbia Hospital.
Betheleham Community Center, Carver Elementary, W.A. Perry Junior High, C.A. Johnson High School and Benedict College. Earned a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of South Carolina.
From the spirits of our mom, dad, Ronald my oldest brother, and our youngest brother, Warren, I begin to write in my dairy letters and lots of encouragement from my English teacher Mrs. Davis. My cheering squad came from Mcarthur, my other half and Jimmie my middle Brother “go for it.”
“Writing across the Curriculum was the latest trend in education in the seventies while I was teaching at Seaton Elementary, 10th and Rhode Island, Washington, D.C. My passion for writing begins to boil over, like boiling water for some grits or a cup of tea. After returning home in 1979, teaching the writing steps in the public schools in Columbia, I knew I wanted to write my first book, about the Legacy of Ronald Talmadge Martin. To the children and my audience about a native of South Carolina who stood up for what he believed was the right thing to do.view less