Arthur Shores

Arthur Davis Shores
Shores in 1956
BornSeptember 25, 1904
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Died(1996-12-16)December 16, 1996 (aged 92)
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Alma materTalladega College
La Salle Extension University
OccupationCivil rights attorney
SpouseTheodora Warren Shores
ChildrenHelen Shores Lee (1941–2018), Barbara S. Shores

Arthur Davis Shores (September 25, 1904 – December 16, 1996) was an American civil rights attorney who was considered Alabama's "drum major for justice". Admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1937, Shores played a leading role in the fight for civil rights for African-Americans in Alabama and was the first African American to sit on the Birmingham City Council.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.