Lolis Edward Elie (January 9, 1930 – April 4, 2017) was an American lawyer from

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who was very active in the Civil Rights Movement.

Legacy

Elie is credited as a major force in the fight to

desegregate Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation), leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws ...

New Orleans, handling many significant cases in the local process.

Personal life

Elie was

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, and buried in a Catholic funeral at St Augustine Catholic Church. His son is writer, documentary filmmaker, and food historian

Lolis Eric Elie Lolis Eric Elie (born April 10, 1963) is an American writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and food historian best known for his work as story editor of the HBO drama '' Treme'' and story editor of AMC's '' Hell on Wheels''. Early life an ...

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