Winston Strickland was born in Paulding County, Georgia, moving with his family to Bartow County in 1954. He graduated from Summer Hill High School. In 1961 he attended Brown Barber College on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Strickland moved to Marietta, Georgia, and started the Eastside...

Vicki Trammell Cuthbert was born in West Point, Georgia. She graduated from Harrison High School as part of the last class before the school system was integrated. Cuthbert earned a full Ford Foundation academic scholarship and graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta. She worked as a...

Timothy Houston, Sr. is a member of the Acworth Elementary School Council and has served as an alderman for the City of Acworth, Georgia, since 2004. He was born in Acworth and attended the Roberts School. Houston was instrumental in the creation of the Acworth Community Center, which is housed...