Record #:

2154

Author(s):

Ballance, Vershenia M.

Abstract:

Born in Greensboro in 1902, Conrad Odell Pearson became the premier pioneer for civil rights in the state. His legal career covered university and public school desegregation cases as well as contact with such civil rights leaders as Thurgood Marshall.

Source:

North Carolina State Bar Quarterly (NoCar KF 200 N65), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Fall 1994, p34-35, por

Subject(s):

Pearson, Conrad Odell, 1902-1984; African American lawyers--Biography; Civil rights workers

Record #:

2157

Author(s):

McKissick, Floyd B.

Abstract:

Civil rights advocate Floyd B. McKissick, Sr. used his legal skills to assist those less fortunate. A director of the Congress of Racial Equality, he was a founder of Soul City in Warren County, and later served as a district judge until his death in 1991.

Source:

North Carolina State Bar Quarterly (NoCar KF 200 N65), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Fall 1994, p22, 24-25, por

Subject(s):

African American lawyers--Biography; Civil rights workers; McKissick, Floyd B., 1922-1991; Soul City (Warren County)