Lottie Shackelford

Early life and education Lottie Lee Holt Shackelford was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to parents Curtis Holt Sr. and Bernice Linzy Holt. She is one of four children. At the time, the group was trying to get the Arkansas Gazette to include photos of Black brides on the front page of their society section.

Shackelford's experience also includes advising presidential candidates, working on White House transition teams, and representing a Presidential administration abroad. In 1992, she was a Deputy Campaign manager for the Clinton/Gore Presidential Campaign and was later appointed Co-Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Clinton Transition Team. In 1993, President Clinton appointed Shackelford as a US Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Vienna, Austria. In 1994, Shackelford started a new role as the executive vice president of Global USA, INC. 1998: Mary Church Terrell Award, Delta Sigma Theta 2016: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame inductee