Wade was chosen Most Popular Disc Jockey, and since approximately 1975, her biography has appeared in Who’s Who Among African Americans. In addition, she served as secretary of the Forrest County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Forrest County Action Committee, and the Fifth District Loyalist Democratic Party did volunteer work for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was active in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and at one time, held a third class FCC radio license. Her work experiences include: 1) secretary/receptionist at WDAM-TV 2) disc jockey and secretary at WORV Radio and 3) office work for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Wade graduated from Eureka High School on June 4, 1949, and completed the Secretarial Cluster Course at Pearl River Junior College on November 7, 1975. No children were born of the second marriage. Daisy Harris and her second husband, Willie Wade, were married on April 8, 1978. Daisy Griffin married her first husband, James Harris, on April 7, 1951, and three sons were born of the union – James, Jr., Anthony, and Harold (At this writing, Anthony is serving as Executive Assistant to the President of The University of Southern Mississippi). He retired in 1967 after 41 years of service. Her father was employed by Hercules Powder Company. Wade was born on April 22, 1931, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the fifth of eleven children born to Joseph and Annie B. Most recently, she has participated in panel discussions at The University of Southern Mississippi, designed to communicate the history of the local civil rights movement to the present generation. Wade continues to be active in the area of civil rights. During Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964), she opened her home to two Freedom Summer volunteers. In January 1964, she housed four white ministers who were in Hattiesburg in connection with a voter registration project.
She was particularly active in the local civil rights movement between 19. Daisy Griffin Harris Wade has spent much of her adult life in efforts designed to secure the civil rights of local African American citizens.
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