Carolyn Meadows Wiki
Carolyn Meadows (Carolyn D. Meadows), is the new president of the National Rifle Association (NRA). She was elected president of the NRA in April 2019 after former President Oliver North was forced out amid a feud with NRA chief Wayne LaPierre.
Carolyn Meadows Career, Biography
Meadows also serves on the board of the American Conservative Union and is the Chairman of the Stone Mountain Board of Directors.
Meadows sat on the board of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association when it blocked the construction of a monument to Martin Luther King Jr. in 2015.
In 2015, the chief executive officer of the group proposed building a replica of the Liberty Bell atop Stone Mountain to honor King, who said in his iconic “I Have a Dream Speech”: “Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.”
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “the park’s all-white governing board decided” that “such a monument would clash with the legislated purpose of the state-owned park as a memorial to the Confederacy.”
She also serves on the Republicans Overseas Advisory Board and Council on National Policy Board and is a former three-term Georgia Republican National Committeewoman.
Carolyn Meadows New NRA President
Meadows joined the NRA’s board in 2003, eventually becoming second vice president, her most recent role before being elected president last month.
She graduated from Sprayberry high school in 1956.
New @NRA President apologizes for saying the racist part out loud: Carolyn Meadows apologized to Rep. Lucy McBath for saying she was elected only because she’s a Black woman, saying her remarks were “insensitive and inappropriate.”https://t.co/ckzfrsStQn
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 6, 2019
Meadows is also the leader of an organization that blocked the construction of a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Stone Mountain, Georgia (there are already carvings there of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis).https://t.co/n6qf42hceK
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 6, 2019
Carolyn Meadows Age
Meadows is 80 years old. She was born and reared in east Cobb.
Carolyn Meadows Husband
She is married to her husband Bob Meadows.
Carolyn Meadows Children
She has three children.
Carolyn Meadows Parents – Carolyn Meadows Family
She is the daughter of Roy N. Dodgen and Cleo Mabry Dodgen. Her father worked primarily as a farmer. Dodgen Middle School was named after her father in the 1980s as he had been a trustee at Mountain View School. Another Cobb school, Mabry Middle, was named for her great-grandfather, Robert Mabry.
10 Facts You Need to Know
- Meadows was elected to the NRA board in 2003 and was elected second vice president in 2017, according to The Times.
- Meadows is the Chairwoman of the Largest Confederate Monument in the US.
- Meadows Says Her Entire Family Are All ‘Patriots, Shooters, and Life Members of the NRA.
- Carolyn Meadows Was Named President of the NRA After Oliver North Was Forced Out
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Meadows Says Her Position on Guns in Schools & Churches is Even More Extreme Than The NRA’s.
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Meadows Blocked MLK Monument, Dismissed Rep. Lucy McBath as ‘Minority Female.
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Meadows sat on the board of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association when it blocked the construction of a monument to Martin Luther King Jr.
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Meadows said she identified “fiercely” as a conservative going back to her high school days in the 1950s.
- Meadows was also criticized for her comments about Rep. Lucy McBath, who became involved in political activism after her son was fatally shot and was elected to Congress in November 2018.
- Meadows said she accepted the job as NRA president to “save this country.
The @NRA’s new president is a woman named Carolyn Meadows. She is off to quite the start. She claimed that @RepLucyMcBath, mother to the murdered Jordan Davis, didn’t win her seat thanks to her anti-gun stance. “It had to do with being a minority female.” https://t.co/pIII00MOSJ
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 6, 2019
