Edward graduated from John Marshall High School and Morehouse College with a major in biology.

Source: https://www.panews.com/2023/07/08/wedding-announcement-kenya-jacobs-edward-l-davis-ii/

He has preached in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where both Dr. King and his father preached, and in 2006, he was inducted into the Martin Luther King Board of Preachers at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Source: https://thetablet.org/catholics-must-be-active-participants-in-mlks-unfinished-work-cardinal-gregory-says-at-mass/

On Feb. 2, Morehouse College faculty shared an open letter calling on city leaders to cancel the police training facility known as “Cop City.”

Source: https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2023/02/08/mayor-andre-dickens-at-the-center-of-training-center-debate/

Other recent events elevating Black voices included a meeting on the project at HBCU Morehouse College – Dr King’s alma mater – where students called Mayor Dickens, who is also Black, a “sellout”.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/12/atlanta-cop-city-black-community-protest

Panelists included, Dr. David Wall Rice – (Moderator) – Morehouse College, Dr. Chelsea Heyward of Players Coalition, Dr. Lance McCarthy of Foresight Foundation, and Isabele Redmond, an athlete at Arizona State University.

Source: https://atlantadailyworld.com/2023/02/08/nfl-social-justice-town-hall-seeks-solutions-for-communities-in-phoenix/

She is a professor of film and English in the Morehouse College Cinema, Television & Emerging Media Studies (CTEMS) department.

Source: https://atlantadailyworld.com/2023/04/12/a-woman-first-a-thousand-and-one-movie-review/