Willis Franklin Earl Edwards Net Worth is $600,000
Willis Franklin Earl Edwards Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Willis Edwards was born on January 1, 1946 in Carthage, Texas, USA as Willis Franklin Earl Edwards. He was a producer, known for The Rosa Parks Story (2002), 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987) and Jim Brown: All American (2002). He died on July 13, 2012 in Mission Hills, California, USA.
Edwards became active in politics while attending California State University, Los Angeles.
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He was elected president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch of the NAACP in 1982.
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Edwards, who was vice president of development and planning for the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute, also led the campaign to get Rosa Parks on a U.S. postage stamp in 2006.
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Edwards headed the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the NAACP and was a driving force behind its entertainment industry Image Awards.
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He nearly died of AIDS 15 years ago, at a time when even some people in the civil rights movement considered HIV a taboo subject. Edwards, who was single and never publicly discussed his sexuality or how he contracted HIV, recovered thanks to new drugs and in 2001 spoke at a national convention of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People about the hardships of living with HIV.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
TV Movie executive producer
19th Annual NAACP Image Awards
1987
TV Special executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cover
2007
thanks: NAACP
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jim Brown: All American
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself (President, Beverly Hills NAACP 1979-89)
Known for movies
The Rosa Parks Story (2002) as Producer
19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987) as Producer
Jim Brown: All American (2002) as Himself (President, Beverly Hills NAACP 1979-89)
$600,000
