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Flowers, William Harold

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Creator:Kirk, John A.
Title:Flowers, William Harold
Date:1911-1990
Description:

Biographical entry on William Harold Flowers, a lawyer, minister, and civil rights leader during the 1940s in Arkansas. Flowers was the first African- American circuit court judge in Jefferson County, president of the African-American National Bar Association, and an active member of the NAACP. The article contains a photograph of Flowers.

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Types:Articles | Black-and-white photographs
Subjects:Flowers, William Harold, 1911-1990 | African Americans--Civil rights | African American civil rights workers--United States--Biography | Civil rights workers--United States--Biography | African American lawyers--Arkansas--Biography | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | African American judges--Arkansas--Biography | Pine Bluff (Ark.) | Jefferson County (Ark.) | Stamps (Ark.) | Lafayette County (Ark.) | Little Rock (Ark.) | Pulaski County (Ark.)
Collection:Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
Institution:Richard C. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Contributors:Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
Online Publisher:[Little Rock, Ark.] : The Central Arkansas Library System | 2006-04-04
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copyright Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 2007

Persistent Link to Item:http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=1647