B. Jean Parker:
CLASS OF 1972
Des Moines Technical High SchoolClass of 1972
Des moines, IA
Callanan Middle SchoolClass of 1969
Des moines, IA
Grant SchoolClass of 1965
Des moines, IA
B. Jean's Story
B. Jean is from Des Moines, Iowa. B. Jean's schools include Des Moines Technical High School, Callanan Middle School, Grant School. B. Jean later attended Minneapolis Community and Technical College. B. Jean works(ed) at SimplyHonesty LLC.
A few years after graduation B. Jean joined the United States Air Force. Later she married had had a total of 4 sons.
B. Jean also goes by the name Honesty and has been a Poet, Writer, and Storyteller for over twenty-five years. She has been the recipient of awards over the years, the most prized was the 1990 Loft's Creative Non-fiction contest which enabled her to work with international acclaimed Poet/Writer Quincy Troupe.
As a performance poet Honesty performed throughout the Twin Cities, and Des Moines, Iowa enlightening audiences with her softly spoken yet powerful words.
In 1994 Honesty was a student of legendary Poet/Writer Nikki Giovanni through the University of...Expand for more
Minnesota
After relocating back to her hometown of Des Moines Iowa, Honesty turned her pursuits to include genealogy research and the study of African Americans of Des Moines. This led her to write a book “African Americans of Des Moines Iowa and Polk County.” This book is a pictorial history published by Arcadia Publishing in September of 2011. In the early 1980’s Honesty began the journey into her past via family research. Since 2009 Honesty has maintained a website dedicated to the history of African Americans of Des Moines Iowa and surrounding areas to assist others to enhance their own personal histories. Currently, she is continuing to write books her favorite being the fictional story of her first love entitled " Lovin' Hard Ain't Easy." Soon she will be working on a video blog to add to her site (s)
One of B. Jean's- Honesty's favorite quotes is:""You can not apply logic where there is none."".
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