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  1. John Perkins (born January 28, 1945) is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which Perkins describes playing a role in a process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations , banks , and the United States government .

  2. Oct 9, 2024 · At that time, he went to church and met Vera Mae Buckley, whom he married two years later. Almost immediately after the wedding, he shipped off to Okinawa for the Korean War. When he returned from the war, John and Vera Mae set up housekeeping in Monrovia, California, where he had a good job, and they began raising their family, four sons and ...

  3. In June 1951, Perkins married Vera Mae Buckley; earlier that year, he had been drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces. Perkins served in Okinawa during the Korean War. [ 3 ] In 1957, Perkins's son, Spencer, invited him to church and Perkins converted to Christianity.

  4. Nov 20, 2019 · You and your wife of almost 70 years founded what is now called the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1983. What was the goal?

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  5. May 20, 2021 · This year on March 11, Mississippi’s largest Southern Baptist church—Pinelake, a predominantly white church—donated $200,000 to establish a scholarship at Jackson State University in honor of John and Vera Mae Perkins, who married 70 years ago. Last year, as religious and racial hatred raged through Americans, John Perkins was WORLD’s ...

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  6. He married his wife Winifred in 1981, and they had one daughter in 1982. Associated With. He was accused of alleging United States government complicity in several assassinations, including that of John F. Kennedy.

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  8. Jun 21, 2023 · Originally from Newton County, he and his family now reside in Sandhill, Mississippi. A self-described third grade dropout, Dr. John Perkins has lived and modeled a life of redemption, reconciliation, love and forgiveness.