Emmitt Douglas
| Emmitt James Douglas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 14, 1926 Newellton, Tensas Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | March 25, 1981 (aged 54) New Roads Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Residence | New Roads, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Occupation | Civil rights activist |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Audrey Marie Daisy Douglas (1920–1991; married, 1949-his death) |
| Children | Kordice Majella Douglas |
Emmitt James Douglas (October 14, 1926 – March 25, 1981) was an African-American businessman from New Roads, Louisiana, who served as president of his state's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1966 until his death.
Douglas was born in Newellton in northern Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana to Samuel Frederick Douglas and the former Fannie Rose Armstrong. He was educated at the segregated since defunct black schools in Newellton and from Tensas Rosenwald in St. Joseph, now Tensas High School. He was a classmate of Andrew Brimmer, later the first African American named to the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System. The institutions closed in 1970, when Tensas Parish public schools were desegregated.
Brimmer then attended the historically black Roman Catholic-affiliated Xavier University in New Orleans. Thereafter, Douglas entered the United States Army, where he reached the rank of master sergeant. From 1950–1952, he was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, and Fort Worth, Texas. Thereafter, he was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and a salesman for Southern Barber and Beauty Supply Company in Baton Rouge. On July 24, 1949, in New Roads, the seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Douglas married the former Audrey Marie Daisy (1920–1991), daughter of farmer Thomas Daisy (1898–1975) and the former Lillian Pourclau (1897–1985). The Douglases had one child, Kordice Majella Douglas (born 1955). Kordice Douglas is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and practices law in Baton Rouge.
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