Althea Simmons

Overview

Althea Simmons born Shreveport, LA April 17, 1924 (d. 1990). Civil rights activist; lawyer; chief lobbyist for NAACP, esp. Mississippi voting rights. Advocated for recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as national holiday.

Quotations

"[F]ight the good fight, and march on 'til victory is won." (resolution cited in Benjamin Hooks, The Crisis, Oct. 1990, p. 52)