Earl Shinhoster
Earl Shinhoster | |
|---|---|
| Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Chavis |
| Succeeded by | Kweisi Mfume |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 5, 1950 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 2000 (aged 49) near Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Morehouse College Cleveland State University |
Earl T. Shinhoster (July 5, 1950 – June 11, 2000) was a Black civil rights activist in Savannah, Georgia.[1]
Shinhoster was born in Savannah in 1950, he was an alumnus of Morehouse College and Cleveland State University. As a teenager, he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1994-95, he served as Interim Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Shinhoster died near Montgomery, Alabama in a car collision in 2000.[2] He was survived by a wife and son.
In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution [3][4] to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and the Earl T. Shinhoster Bridge to honor him.
Footnotes
- ^ http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/earl-t-shinhoster-1950-2000
- ^ The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
- ^ House Resolution 182 - Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and Bridge, Georgia General Assembly, April 19, 2001
- ^ Senate Resolution 6 - Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and Bridge, Georgia General Assembly, April 19, 2001
See also
- Dorothy Barnes Pelote
- Curtis Cooper (civil rights leader)
- Georgia General Assembly
- Ralph Mark Gilbert
- Savannah, Georgia
- W. W. Law
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