Rodney N. Powell

Rodney N. Powell
Born1935 (age 88–89)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
EducationSaint Joseph's University
Meharry Medical College
Known forLGBTQ rights and Civil Rights advocacy
SpouseGloria Johnson (div. 1975)
PartnerBob Eddinger
Children3

Rodney Norman Powell (born 1935).[1] is a former civil rights leader in the Nashville Student Movement and an activist for LGBTQ rights.[2]

  1. ^ Leighton, Jared E. (2013). Freedom Indivisible: Gays and Lesbians in the African American Civil Rights Movement (PhD dissertation). University of Nebraska–Lincoln. pp. 37–39. Paper 61.
  2. ^ White, Jaquetta (March 2, 2017). "Rodney Powell: A second fight for equal rights". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 26, 2019.