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Adah Louise Killion Jenkins was a civil rights activist, musician, and a music critic for the Afro-American newspaper for Baltimore City. Adah Killion was born on April 23, 1901. She was the daughter of Mollie L. Killion, and Dr. Thomas A. Killion. In 1943, Killion graduated from Benjamin Banneker high school in Baltimore County. She attended Morgan State University where she obtained a degree in music education. Killion later attended Coppin State University where she obtained a Bachelors of Degree in early childhood education. She began teaching for Baltimore City Public Schools, later becoming a professor at Morgan State University. She became the first African American supervisor for public schools. Killion also helped organized the Baltimore interracial fellowship. She was a charter member of the congress of racial equality, and she was also active in the annual campaign of the national association of colored people. Killion was also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.