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Arthur Shores was born on 25 September, 1904 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, is an American civil rights attorney (1904–1996). Discover Arthur Shores's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Occupation Civil rights attorney
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 25 September 1904
Birthday 25 September
Birthplace Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Date of death 16 December, 1996
Died Place Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Nationality United States

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1904

Arthur Davis Shores (September 25, 1904 – December 16, 1996) was an American civil rights attorney who was considered Alabama's "drum major for justice".

Shores graduated from Talladega College where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

He attended only one year of law school at the University of Kansas and then pursued his law studies through La Salle Extension University’s correspondence school.

1937

Shores passed the Alabama State Bar exam in 1937 and immediately began using his legal skills to support civil rights issues.

1938

In 1938, Shores successfully sued on behalf of seven school teachers who were denied the right to vote by the Alabama Board of Registrars.

Shores was general counsel for the International Association of Railway Employees (IARE).

1941

In 1941 he took on the case of Steele v. Louisville & N. R. Co. in which B. W. Steele, a member of the IARE executive, argued that an agreement between the railway and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen was illegal.

A whites-only railroad union could not exclude blacks and then deny them better jobs because they were not union members.

1944

He worked on this case with attorney Charles H. Houston, who argued it successfully in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1944.

Shores represented black teachers in the Jefferson County School Board to receive the same pay as white teachers.

1955

In 1955, Shores successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Lucy v. Adams to prevent the University of Alabama from denying admission solely based on race or color.

1956

Autherine Lucy became the first African-American to attend the school when she was admitted in 1956.

On the third day of classes, a hostile mob assembled to prevent Lucy from attending classes.

The police were called to secure her admission but, that evening, the University suspended Lucy on the grounds that it could not provide a safe environment.

1960

During the 1960s, he became the first black member of the Birmingham City Council.

1963

Shores' campaign in 1963 to integrate the Birmingham public schools brought violence to him and other residents.

Shores' home was fire-bombed on August 20 and September 4 in retaliation for black parents registering their children at white schools.

The bombings—and demonstrations outside Birmingham schools—were used by Gov. George Wallace as a pretext to close the schools in defiance of the federal court desegregation order and to deploy state troopers in the city.

1977

In 1977, the NAACP honored Shores by awarding him the William Robert Ming Advocacy Award for the spirit of financial and personal sacrifice displayed in his legal work.

1996

Shores died in December 1996 at his home in Birmingham, Alabama.

He was 92.

2016

Eleven days later a bomb killed four girls at 16th Street Baptist Church.

He argued before the Supreme Court in the same year that the arrests of peaceful demonstrators in Birmingham should be ruled unconstitutional.