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Floyd Bixler McKissick (March 9, 1922 – April 28, 1991) 〔(Civil Rights Greensboro: Floyd B. McKissick )〕 became the first African-American student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Law School. In 1966 he became leader of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, taking over from James L. Farmer, Jr. A supporter of Black Power, he turned CORE into a more radical movement. In 1968, McKissick left CORE to found Soul City in Warren County, North Carolina. He endorsed Richard Nixon for president that year, and the federal government, under President Nixon, supported Soul City. He became a state district court judge in 1990 and died on April 28, 1991. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Politician and attorney Floyd McKissick, Jr., is his son. ==Early life and education== Floyd Bixler McKissick Sr. was born in Asheville, North Carolina, the son of Ernest Boyce and Magnolia Thompson McKissick.〔(Floyd B. McKissick Papers #4930, Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the African American Resources Collection of North Carolina Central University. )〕 His participation with civil rights began with his NAACP membership at the age of 12. As a 13-year-old Boy Scout helping to direct traffic during a roller-skating tournament in his hometown, McKissick was pushed to the ground by a white police officer; this incident secured his involvement in civil rights.〔Fowler, Glenn. "Floyd McKissick, Civil Rights Maverick, Dies at 69." ''The New York Times'', 30 April 1991. Web. 8 March 2013.〕 McKissick states, “I've been active in North Carolina politics I think since I was about sixteen or seventeen, in high school.” One of his early protests was in his hometown, Asheville, NC, because the city refused to permit actor Paul Robeson to speak in the city auditorium in the 1930s. He graduated from high school in 1939, and in 1940 went to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College.〔Greene, Christina. ''Our Separate Ways: Women and the Black Freedom Movement in Durham, North Carolina''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2005. Print.〕 After enrolling at Morehouse, McKissick joined the U.S. Army and during World War II he served in the European Theater as a sergeant. After the war, he returned to Morehouse College where he graduated in 1948.〔Goodloe, Trevor. "McKissick, Floyd B. (1922-1991) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed." McKissick, Floyd B. (1922-1991) |BlackPast, n.d. Web. 5 March 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Floyd McKissick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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