Florence LeSueur

Florence LeSueur
Born
Florence Ruth Barrett

(1898-03-17)March 17, 1898
McKean Township, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 27, 1991(1991-06-27) (aged 93)
Brockton, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forcivic activist and leader

Florence Ruth LeSueur[1] (March 17, 1898 – June 27, 1991)[2] was an African-American civic leader, activist and the first woman president of an NAACP chapter. She was a champion of black rights in employment and education.

  1. ^ Burckel, C.E. (1950). Who's who in Colored America. University of Michigan. p. 610.
  2. ^ "Florence Lesueur, ex-president, director of NAACP branch; at 93". The Boston Globe. Highbeam Research. June 29, 1991. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-18. died Thursday at a nursing home in Brockton