Louise E. Williams Bishop (born June 27, 1933) was a
Democratic member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 192
The 192nd Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Philadelphia County
Philadelphia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the most populous county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Philad ...
.
Bishop has been heavily involved in radio broadcasting for many years and she was credited with keeping Philadelphia calm following the
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7 ...
in April 1968.
She was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame on November 22, 2013.
As "Lois Lane", Bishop released the single "Turn me loose" on
Wand Records
Wand Records was an American independent record label, started by Florence Greenberg in 1961 as a subsidiary of Scepter Records. Artists on Wand Records included The Isley Brothers, The Kingsmen, Mel Wynn & the Rhythm Aces, Chuck Jackson, and the ...
in 1964.
[
She resigned her seat on Dec 16, 2015 amid corruption allegations.]
References
External links
Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Louise Bishop (Democrat)
official PA House website
Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia web page
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Living people
1933 births
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
African-American state legislators in Pennsylvania
Women state legislators in Pennsylvania
African-American women in politics
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American politicians
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes
Pennsylvania politicians convicted of corruption