- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Earl Shinhoster
- Date of Original:
- 1950/2000
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American civic leaders--Georgia
Civil rights--Georgia
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia - People:
- Shinhoster, Earl T. (Earl Theodore), 1950-2000
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Earl Shinhoster, a Savannah native, served in various leadership positions with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for more than thirty years. His career with the organization began in 1966 when, at the age of sixteen, he was elected president of the Savannah NAACP Youth Council. At the time of his death in 2000, Shinhoster was the NAACP's national director of voter empowerment.
Photograph of Earl Shinhoster. He wears a patterned sweater and looks right.
Shinhoster, a Savannah, Georgia native, served in various leadership positions with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for more than thirty years. His career with the organization began in 1966 when, at the age of sixteen, he was elected president of the Savannah NAACP Youth Council. At the time of his death in 2000, Shinhoster was the NAACP's national director of voter empowerment. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/earl-t-shinhoster-1950-2000/m-10991/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Savannah Tribune
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/earl-t-shinhoster-1950-2000
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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