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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson
|name= Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for District 11 (Claiborne and parts of Bienville, Lincoln, and Union parishes)]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for District 11 (Claiborne and parts of Bienville, Lincoln, and Union parishes)
|term_start=January 1992
|term_start=January 1992
|term_end=August 1, 2000
|term_end=August 1, 2000
|preceded=Kenneth Volentine
|preceded=Kenneth Volentine
|succeeded=Rick Gallo]
|succeeded=Rick Gallot
|birth_date=February 8, 1948
|birth_date=February 8, 1948
|birth_place=Grambling], incoln Parish, Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=Grambling], incoln Parish, Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Grambling State University<br>
|alma_mater=Grambling State University<br>
Ohio University<br>
Southern University ([[Baton Rouge]])<br>
Southern University ([[Baton Rouge]])<br>
[[Tulane University]]}}
[[Tulane University]]}}
==Background==
==Background==
Wilkerson graduated from the historically black Grambling State University laboratory high school and then the university itself. She received a [[master’s degree]] from Ohio University, a research institution in Athens in southeastern [[Ohio]], and then an [[L.L.B.]] degree from historically black Southern University in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. She also obtained an L.L.M. in advanced legal studies at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://house.legis.state.la.us/pubinfo/Press_Releases/wilkerson_auto_accident.htm|title=State Rep. Wilkerson Killed in Auto Accident|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 26, 2009}}</ref>
Wilkerson graduated from the historically black Grambling State University laboratory high school and then the university itself. She received a master’s degree from Ohio University, a research institution in Athens in southeastern [[Ohio]], not to be confused with [[Ohio State University]] in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. She then obtained an [[L.L.B.]] degree from historically black Southern University Law Center in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. She then obtained an L.L.M. in advanced legal studies at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://house.legis.state.la.us/pubinfo/Press_Releases/wilkerson_auto_accident.htm|title=State Rep. Wilkerson Killed in Auto Accident|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 26, 2009}}</ref>
From 1981 to 1984, she was an assistant professor at her ''alma mater,'' the Southern University Law School. Thereafter, she was an assistant district attorney and an assistant state attorney general. While in the legislature, she continued her law practice in Grambling, where she was active in civic affairs, having served on the Grambling Economic Development Task Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.louisiana.gov/boards/board_members.asp?board=81|title=Grambling Economic Development Task Force|publisher=legis.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 26, 2009}}</ref>
From 1981 to 1984, she was an assistant professor at her ''alma mater,'' the Southern University Law School. Thereafter, she was an assistant district attorney and an assistant state attorney general. While in the legislature, she continued her law practice in Grambling, where she was active in civic affairs, having served on the Grambling Economic Development Task Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.louisiana.gov/boards/board_members.asp?board=81|title=Grambling Economic Development Task Force|publisher=legis.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 26, 2009}}</ref>