Dr. Marvel McCain Parker, a distinguished author, faith leader and community advocate, has long called Summit home.
A Harvard University Summer Leadership Institute graduate (Class of 2004), Parker earned a bachelor of arts in nonprofit administration from Northeastern Illinois University. She also completed a two-year major in social and community studies at Lewis University and later received her master of divinity and doctorate of divinity from Grace Theological Seminary.
Parker and her husband, the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., lead the Argo Temple Church of God in Christ in Summit. Together, they work to preserve the legacy of Rev. Parker’s cousin, Emmett Till, and his significance to the civil rights movement…