Earl Shinhoster
Male, Person
1950 –
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Who is Earl Shinhoster?
Earl T. Shinhoster was a Black civil rights activist in Savannah, Georgia.
Shinhoster was born in Savannah in 1950. 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.
Shinhoster died near Montgomery, Alabama in a car collision in 2000.
In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and the Earl T. Shinhoster Bridge to honor him.
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- Born
- 1950
Savannah - Ethnicity
- African American
- Education
- Morehouse College
- Lived in
- Savannah
- Died
- Apr 26, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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