Lolis Edward Elie (died 2017) was an American lawyer in
who was very active in the
Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, Racial discrimination ...
.
His son is writer and filmmaker
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 ...
.
Legacy
Elie is credited as a major force in the fight to
desegregate
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races. Desegregation is typically measured by the index of dissimilarity, allowing researchers to determine whether desegregation efforts are having impact o ...
New Orleans, handling many of the significant cases in the local process.
Personal life
Elie was
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
, 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 ...
.
References
2017 deaths
African-American Catholics
Roman Catholic activists
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