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Donald Lee Hollowell (December 19, 1917 – December 27, 2004) was an American civil rights attorney during the Civil Rights Movement, in the state of Georgia. He successfully sued to integrate Atlanta's public schools, Georgia colleges, universities and public transit, freed Martin Luther King Jr. from prison, and mentored civil rights ...
- Donald Lee Hollowell, December 19, 1917, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Dec 27, 2004 · Hollowell, Donald L. December 19, 1917 to December 27, 2004. During Donald Hollowell’s career as a prominent civil rights attorney, he represented Martin Luther King several times, beginning in October 1960, when King was arrested for his participation in a sit-in at Rich’s, a department store in Atlanta. Hollowell was born in Wichita ...
The greatest strength of the Civil Rights Movement in the Sixties, says Donald L. Hollowell, the Atlanta attorney who represented both Civil Rights activists and, as EEOC Regional Director,...
Jan 2, 2005 · ATLANTA, Jan. 1 - Donald L. Hollowell, a prominent Atlanta civil rights lawyer who played a part in a number of leading Georgia desegregation cases and later became an official of the Equal...
1917–2004. Attorney. Donald L. Hollowell was a distinguished civil rights attorney who successfully argued several notable court cases that helped end segregation in the American South. As a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Hollowell quickly rose to prominence for his expert legal strategies ...
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Donald Hollowell (1917 - 2004) Donald L. Hollowell was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. Although in Kansas Hollowell did not encounter the intense Jim Crow restrictions of the South, he faced blatant racism and discrimination while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Hollowell recounts that “army officials relegated him to eating…
Mar 1, 2015 · This biography recounts Hollowell's extraordinary work not only attacking racist segregation policy in Georgia and representing of Martin Luther King Jr. but also defending blacks caught up in a criminal justice system that woefully ignored constitutional protections.
