Rev. Dwight Montgomery is pastor of Annesdale Cherokee Missionary Baptist Church in South Memphis, president of the Memphis chapter of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), and chairman of the Educational Committee for the Memphis Baptist Ministerial Association.
In presenting a petition to the Tennessee legislature with 25,000 signatures in support of parental choice, he made clear the reasons why choices were good for black families: "Parents with financial means have options. Those with limited financial means do not. an educational choice program shifts power to low-income parents."
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