Ginetta V. Hamilton

Ginetta V. Hamilton is a native of Alvin, South Carolina. Mrs. Hamilton is a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she obtained both her Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts in Elementary Education degree. Mrs. Hamilton retired after serving as an educator for 25 years in Richland School District 2 at Joseph Keels Elementary. Mrs. Hamilton has written four books: Black History: Someone Forgot to Teach the Children (recently revised); Navigate to Success: Understand the Past, Prepare for the Future, Move Forward (on black history); Waverly, a Historic Perspective Through the Eyes of Senior Citizens; as well as The Civil War, Slavery, and the Laws – A Research Guide Timeline. She volunteers with Junior Achievement USA, Midlands Education and Business Alliance, IT-ology Columbia. She holds membership in Literacy 2030, the Spann Watson Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, SCCAAS, and the Columbia Branch NAACP. She is a member of the Greater St. Luke Baptist Church, Columbia SC, and Bethlehem Baptist, Alvin, SC. Mrs. Hamilton is married, has two children and two grandchildren.