1887 - 1969
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Details
| Birthday |
2nd May, 1887
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| Birthplace |
Pickens, Mississippi, U.S.
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| Died |
23rd April, 1969
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| Place of Death |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Occupation Text |
grocer
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Gus Courts (May 2, 1887 – April 23, 1969) was an American grocery store proprietor and African-American civil rights leader. In 1953, Courts and Rev. George W. Lee founded the Humphreys County, Mississippi chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As he led a voting rights and registration drive in the 1950s, Courts was shot and wounded at his store and later testified to Congress about racial terror in Mississippi.
