Elijah Coleman [graphic] / Pat Patterson [photographer]. 1971.

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Elijah Coleman [graphic] / Pat Patterson [photographer]. 1971.

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Negative taken of Elijah E. Coleman, seated in a line of African American men on July 31, 1971. Coleman, the son of Lloyd and Mabel Carter Coleman, was born at Chidester, Ouachita County, Arkansas, September 3, 1924, and died February 25, 2000. He received a B.A. Degree from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas and an M. Ed. from the University of Arkansas. He has worked as a teacher, principal and superintendent in public schools of Arkansas. He served as Director of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations. Some of his many affiliations include: Dollarway School Board, President, Arkansas Teachers Association; Rotary; Boy Scouts; NAACP; Board of Trustees, Arkansas State University; Board of Directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; Chairman of the Arkansas Black Republican Council; and president of the 20th Century Club in 1980. He is the author of several books including: "Why My Profession is Important to the Future of the South"; "Student Rights Handbook for Arkansas and A Student Ideabook for High Schools of Arkansas"; "Reflections on the Conditions of Rural Black Arkansas"; and "Black Involvement in Republican Politics After the Civil War."

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Coleman, Elijah, 1924-2000.

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