Dr. Thomas A. Curtis was a pioneer dentist and civil rights leader who helped organize the Urban League and St. Louis NAACP branch. Curtis was born in Marion, Alabama to parents who were slaves. His father later became the State Senator of Alabama and helped raise money to build a school, Lincoln Normal School. The […]

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