Elmer Henderson brought a successful anti-segregation case against the Interstate Commerce Commission and Southern Railway, Nov. 10, 1950.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Employment - Elmer Henderson, Fighter for Equality
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Employment - Elmer Henderson, Fighter for Equality
Civil Rights Tour: Employment - Elmer Henderson, Fighter for Equality
Elmer W. Henderson was the plaintiff in a major civil rights case, a fair employment advocate for the federal government, and the longtime director of a national lobby for African American equality. In May 1942, Henderson was denied seating on a…