Nekima Levy Armstrong | |
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.jpg) Levy Armstrong in 2015 | |
| Born | Nekima Levy-Pounds June 27, 1976 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (BA) University of Illinois (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Children | 5 |
Nekima Valdez Levy Armstrong (née Levy-Pounds, c. 1976) is an American lawyer and social justice activist. She was president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP from 2015 to 2016. She has led a variety of organizations that focus on issues of racial equality and disparity in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.
Levy Armstrong was a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis from 2003 to 2016. After concluding her term as an NAACP chapter president and leaving her academic post, she had an unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Minneapolis in the 2017 election. She has been a prominent local activist in several protests over the killing of black Americans by police officers. She has been involved in lawsuits to prevent Minneapolis from eliminating single-family zoning, arguing that doing so would harm the environment and communities of color.[1]
- ^ "Minneapolis cannot proceed with 2040 Plan, court rules". Star Tribune. 2023.