About Earl Shinhoster
Lived 1950 – 2000 (aged 49). Earl Shinhoster was an American activist.
Earl Theodore Shinhoster (July 5, 1950 – June 11, 2000) was a Black civil rights activist in Savannah, Georgia.
Shinhoster was born in Savannah in 1950 to Nadine and Willie Shinhoster, he was an alumnus of Morehouse College and Cleveland State University. As a teenager, he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1994–95, he served as interim executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Shinhoster died near Montgomery, Alabama, in a car collision in 2000.
In 2001 the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution to designate the Earl T. Shinhoster Interchange and the Earl T. Shinhoster Bridge to honor him.
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American civil rights activist
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Earl Shinhoster was born on 5 July 1950 in Savannah.
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Earl Shinhoster died on 11 June 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Earl Shinhoster was an activist.
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Earl Shinhoster was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Earl Shinhoster. https://biography.guide/earl-shinhoster/
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