Rep. Love President-Elect of the National Black Caucus

By Michael A. Grant, J.D. NASHVILLE, TN — Representative Harold M. Love, Jr., representing Tennessee’s 58th legislative district, served as host to the recent conference of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Nashville.& He is also president-elect of this powerful organization.& He will be sworn in next December in Washington, D.C. & Rep. Love was groomed for national leadership since his youth by his father, the legendary Harold Moses Love Sr., & a Nashville city councilman from 1962 to 1970 and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 54th District from 1968 to 1994. Love’s mother ,an educator and math instructor was the & director of the federal government’s local Upward Bound program for 47 years at Tennessee State University. She passed one year after retirement. Rep. Love. Jr. lavishes praise on both of his parents who taught him how to serve others.& All of their efforts resulted in his finally being elected after three unsuccessful attempts to hold public office.& According to Rep. Love, who earned a master’s degree from Vanderbilt University in Theological Studies and a doctorate from Tennessee State University in public policy and who...