John L. LeFlore

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John L. LeFlore, né le 17 mai 1903 à Mobile dans l'état de l'Alabama, mort le 30 janvier 1976 à Mobile, est un des leaders américains pour l'égalité des droits civiques, fondateur de la branche de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People de l’Alabama dont il sera le secrétaire général jusqu'à son interdiction par les autorités de l’Alabama en 1956, après, il est l'un des animateurs de la Non-Partisan Voters’ League, il devient l'un des artisans majeurs de la déségrégation de l'Alabama, en 1973, il est élu à la Chambre des représentants de l'Alabama comme candidat du Parti démocrate. rdf:langString
John L. LeFlore (1903–1976) was a civil rights leader and politician in Mobile, Alabama. While working for the United States Postal Service, LeFlore worked for integration. He founded the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1925 and led it for decades. During the Massive resistance controversy over school desegregation, Alabama expelled the NAACP in 1956, so LeFlore helped found the . He served as its director of casework from 1959 until his death, including organizing two lawsuits which reached the United States Supreme Court, one concerning Mobile's at-large method of selecting the commissioners who ran the city (Mobile v Bolden), and one which led to desegregation of Mobile County's schools (Birdie Mae Davis v. Board of Commissioners of Mob rdf:langString
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rdf:langString John L. LeFlore (1903–1976) was a civil rights leader and politician in Mobile, Alabama. While working for the United States Postal Service, LeFlore worked for integration. He founded the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1925 and led it for decades. During the Massive resistance controversy over school desegregation, Alabama expelled the NAACP in 1956, so LeFlore helped found the . He served as its director of casework from 1959 until his death, including organizing two lawsuits which reached the United States Supreme Court, one concerning Mobile's at-large method of selecting the commissioners who ran the city (Mobile v Bolden), and one which led to desegregation of Mobile County's schools (Birdie Mae Davis v. Board of Commissioners of Mobile County,[1] which was a companion case to Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg County Board of Education and adjudicated by Chief U.S.District Judge Daniel Holcombe Thomas during LeFlore's lifetime). In 1974 LeFlore won election to Alabama's House of Representatives, but died during his term.
rdf:langString John L. LeFlore, né le 17 mai 1903 à Mobile dans l'état de l'Alabama, mort le 30 janvier 1976 à Mobile, est un des leaders américains pour l'égalité des droits civiques, fondateur de la branche de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People de l’Alabama dont il sera le secrétaire général jusqu'à son interdiction par les autorités de l’Alabama en 1956, après, il est l'un des animateurs de la Non-Partisan Voters’ League, il devient l'un des artisans majeurs de la déségrégation de l'Alabama, en 1973, il est élu à la Chambre des représentants de l'Alabama comme candidat du Parti démocrate.
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