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Albion W. Tourgee

Civil Rights Leader born on

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Civil Rights Leader
Died
May 21, 1905
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Ohio
About
American lawyer, writer, and civil rights activist who represented the plaintiff Homer Plessy in the landmark 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson, which unfortunately upheld the 'separate but equal' doctrine in regards to racial segregation.
Family
He and his wife moved to North Carolina after the war.

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