Edna Wilson-Mosley (May 31, 1925 – August 26, 2014) was a prominent politician, civil rights activist, and educator in Denver and Aurora, Colorado.
[3] Wilson-Mosley and her husband moved to Aurora in 1965, when Mosley transferred to Lowry Air Force Base.
[5] In 1954, Wilson-Mosley visited relatives in Helena, Arkansas and on the day they returned to Denver, a white man on the train platform asked them to leave.
[5] In 1975, she borrowed $1,000 from a credit union without telling her husband to help finance a bank that would cater to women.
[3] She was influential in the community by sponsoring anti-gang programs, local gun control legislation, and racial equality efforts.
The requirements for this scholarship include: one must be African American, have a desire to further their education in a university, college or another accredited post-secondary school and must have accumulated a GPA of 2.5 of higher.
[10] Following his death, the Mosley family asked the public to please not send the family flowers, but instead donate a dollar to his scholarship fund to honor one of his life goals to help African American students achieve their full potential in post-secondary education.