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Leontyne Butler King (Leontyne Butler) was born on 4 July, 1905 in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an American businesswoman and clubwoman. Discover Leontyne Butler King's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Leontyne Butler
Occupation Businesswoman, clubwoman, library commissioner
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 4 July 1905
Birthday 4 July
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of death 1976
Died Place Los Angeles, California
Nationality United States

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1905

Leontyne Butler King (July 4, 1905 – January 23, 1976) was an American businesswoman and clubwoman, based in Los Angeles, California after 1938.

She was especially active as a member of the Los Angeles Public Library commission.

Leontyne Butler was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Her father worked on the railroad, and died young.

Her stepfather Leon E. Brown also worked for the railroad.

She attended Knoxville College.

She moved to Chicago with her mother, Hattie Butler Brown, and her aunt, as a teenager.

1921

Leontyne Butler married Celestus A. King Jr. in 1921.

1923

They had a son, Celestus King III, born 1923, who served in World War II and became a prominent businessman in Los Angeles.

1930

In Chicago in the 1930s, King worked at a dress shop.

She was later known as a fashionable clubwoman in Los Angeles.

1938

The Kings moved to Los Angeles in 1938.

1952

"Always chic Leontyne King is a statuesque brunette," noted Jet magazine when they included her in a 1952 feature on "America's Best Dressed Women", adding that she "stresses quiet elegance and simplicity of detail in her wardrobe and depends upon furs and expensive gems to lend greater richness to her ensembles."

1953

In 1953 and 1954, King was head of the women's division of the Goodwin J. Knight for Governor Campaign committee.

1954

In 1954, she was commentator and director at fashion shows in Los Angeles.

King also owned a jukebox franchise, with machines in black-owned businesses; her son took over that venture when he was in college.

She was also a "family service adviser" at a funeral home.

She was co-founder of the Church of Divine Guidance, a Baptist congregation in Los Angeles.

1961

Leontyne King was the first black member of the five-person Los Angeles Public Library Commission, serving from early 1961 into the mid-1970s.

She was appointed to the commission seat previously held by Dolores Hope.

1962

She was elected vice-president of the commission in 1962, and was president of the commission in 1969.

During her presidency, the library system's experimental "Service for Shut-Ins" book delivery service for elderly, disabled, and ill patrons continued, bilingual library aides were hired, and the libraries observed Negro History Week.

Black artists and writers were invited to speak in the libraries, including painter Charles White.

She spoke against paving green spaces in the city to build parking lots, even for library employees.

1963

King represented the Los Angeles library system at the American Library Association (ALA) meetings in 1963 and 1964, and at the American Library Trustees Association (ALTA) in 1965 and 1973.

At the 1963 ALA meeting, she "made an eloquent plea" in her address, asking the gathered librarians to provide patrons with "more books dealing with Negro History and Achievement".

1966

In 1966, she was national chair of Library Week for ALTA. She served on the ALTA board of directors, representing the western region, in 1969.

1976

She died from cancer in 1976, aged 70 years, in Los Angeles.

Her gravesite is in Inglewood Cemetery.

A tribute to King was read into the Congressional record by Representative Yvonne Braithwaite Burke a week later.