Looby, Zephaniah Alexander, 1899-1972
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Looby, Zephaniah Alexander, 1899-1972
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Looby
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Zephaniah Alexander
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1899-1972
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Zephaniah Alexander Looby, lawyer and educator at Fisk University, Tennessee A & I College, and meharry Medical College. He organized the Kent College of Law to train African American men and women for the law profession. He was elected to the Nashville, Tenn., City Countil (1951-1971). Looby's home was bombed in 1960 because of his defense of Nashville students who staged a sit-in at lunch counters.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88172478
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African American universities and colleges
African American law schools
African American medical colleges
African Americans
bombing
Civil rights demonstrations
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African American civil rights workers
African American law teachers
African American lawyers
African American politicians
City council members
Civil rights workers
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Nashville
TN, US
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Nashville
TN, US
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