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LeFlore, John L., 1903-1976

Authoritative Name:

LeFlore, John L., 1903-1976

Biography:

American Black civil rights leader and politician in Mobile, Alabama. He founded the Mobile chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1925. LeFlore was also a correspondent for the Chicago Defender. After the expulsion of NAACP from Alabama in 1956, LeFlore helped found the Non-Partisan Voting League. He served as its director of casework from 1959 until his death. He led a 1942 bus boycott. In 1974 LeFlore won election to Alabama's House of Representatives, but died during his term.

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LeFlore, John L., 1903-1976

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John L. LeFlore, civil rights activist and politician in Mobile, Alabama.

Date of Original:: 1966-02-04
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

John LeFlore and Vernon Crawford during the attempt to integrate Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama.

Date of Original:: 1963-09-09
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

John LeFlore and another man checking the Democratic primary election results from an Associated Pres teleprinter in Mobile, Alabama.

Creator:: McAuley, Roy C.
Date of Original:: 1974-05-07
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

John LeFlore checking the Democratic primary election results from an Associated Pres teleprinter in Mobile, Alabama.

Creator:: McAuley, Roy C.
Date of Original:: 1974-05-07
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

John LeFlore shaking hands with A. J. Cooper outside the International Longshoreman's Association Hall in Mobile, Alabama, before an event commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Creator:: McAuley, Roy C.
Date of Original:: 1974-01-06
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

John LeFlore shaking hands with A. J. Cooper outside the International Longshoreman's Association Hall in Mobile, Alabama, before an event commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Creator:: McAuley, Roy C.
Date of Original:: 1974-01-06
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History