People Name: Perry, Ivory Category: African-American Experience, Human and Social Services, Politics and Government Born/Started: 1930 Died/Ended: 1989 Description: Ivory Perry was a civil rights organizer and activist in St. Louis. He came to St. Louis in 1954 and joined the Congress of Racial Equality. He then participated in efforts to open the Fox Theatre to blacks, to win fair employment at Laclede Gas and Jefferson Bank, and to stop the use of lead paint in housing. |
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