Earl Shinhoster

Earl Theodore Shinhoster (July 5, 1950 – June 11, 2000) was a Black civil rights activist in Savannah, Georgia.[1]

Earl Shinhoster
Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
In office
1994–1996
Preceded byBenjamin Chavis
Succeeded byKweisi Mfume
Personal details
Born(1950-07-05)July 5, 1950
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 2000(2000-06-11) (aged 49)
near Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Alma materMorehouse College
Cleveland State University

Shinhoster was born in Savannah in 1950 to Nadine and Willie Shinhoster, he was an alumnus of Morehouse College and Cleveland State University. 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 (NAACP).

Shinhoster died near Montgomery, Alabama in a car collision in 2000.[2] He was survived by a wife and son.

In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution[3][4] to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and the Earl T. Shinhoster Bridge to honor him.

Footnotes
  1. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/earl-t-shinhoster-1950-2000
  2. "About the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum". www.sip.armstrong.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  3. House Resolution 182 - Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and Bridge Archived 2005-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Georgia General Assembly, April 19, 2001
  4. Senate Resolution 6 - Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and Bridge Archived 2004-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Georgia General Assembly, April 19, 2001
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