Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher

American civil rights activist and lawyer (1924–1995)

Biography

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma. She applied for admission into the University of Oklahoma law school in order to challenge the state's segregation laws and to become a lawyer, leading to a landmark US Supreme Court ruling in 1948.

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