Harry Reid: “Johnnie B. Rawlinson was born in Concord, North Carolina on December 16, 1952. The fourth of seven children, Johnnie…”

“Johnnie B. Rawlinson was born in Concord, North Carolina on December 16, 1952. The fourth of seven children, Johnnie grew up in Kannapolis, North Carolina where she attended public school and was a member of the first integrated class at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. Upon graduation, Johnnie received a full scholarship to attend North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina. She majored in psychology and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's of Science degree in 1974. Johnnie met Dwight Rawlinson, her husband of 21 years, while they were both juniors at A&T. They married in 1976 and moved to California where Dwight, an officer in the Air Force, had been transferred. Johnnie enrolled at the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law where she had been granted a full academic scholarship.”