Earl Shinhoster

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Shinhoster was born in Savannah in 1950 to Nadine and Willie Shinhoster, he was an alumnus of Morehouse College and Cleveland State University. As a teenager, he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1994–95, he served as interim executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Shinhoster died near Montgomery, Alabama, in a car collision in 2000.[2]

In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution[3][4] to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and the Earl T. Shinhoster Bridge to honor him.

Footnotes

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See also

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Template:S-aft/check Succeeded byas President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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