Adolph Botnick

Adolph Ira "A. I." "B" Botnick (August 17, 1924 – October 5, 1995) was a Jewish American activist in the civil rights movement. He sought to minimize violence in race relations, "often maneuvering quietly behind the scenes to try to defuse potential violence and thwart the Ku Klux Klan". He was a target of an assassination plot by Byron De La Beckwith, who had previously assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The assassination was prevented when De La Beckwith was arrested for transporting a bomb across state lines.

Botnick was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Gulf Coast Military Academy and served in the army in World War II; he is the namesake for its annual A. I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Award Dinner.