Charles Kenzie Steele

For other people named Charles Steele, see Charles Steele (disambiguation).

Charles Kenzie Steele (February 17, 1914 – (1980-08-19)August 19, 1980) was a preacher and a civil rights activist. He was one of the main organizers of the 1956 Tallahassee bus boycott, and a prominent member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference amongst other civil rights organizations. Steele dedicated time and efforts to desegregating schools and public transportation. The city of Tallahassee honored Steele by adding him to the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame, adding a statue of him to the bus terminal, and naming a charter school after him.

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