James Woodall
James Woodall (born February 1, 1994) is an American Baptist minister, politician and activist. Woodall is the former President of the Georgia NAACP. Early life and education James Woodall was born in Riverdale, Georgia in 1994. He was a member of the ROTC in high school. He earned an undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University (GSU) in 2016. While attending GSU, he was worked for Francys Johnson as a legal assistant. He completed his master's at the Interdenominational Theological Center at Morehouse College. Career Woodall is a former intelligence analyst for the United States Army. He served in the Army for eight years and left as a sergeant. He currently serves as a minister at Pleasant Grove Missionary Church in Marietta, Georgia. Woodall is also a legislative aide to Georgia state representative Miriam Paris. Politics and activism Woodall became active in the NAACP in 2015 after the deaths of Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin. He graduated from the NAACP's Next-Gen leadership program. During that time, he was president of the state's youth and college program and also vice president of the Bulloch County NAACP. He was elected president of the Georgia state NAACP in October 2019, making him the youngest