Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

John L. LeFlore

Non-Partisan Voters League

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

1. John L. LeFlore Marker

Inscription. After the NAACP was outlawed in 1956, LeFlore and the Non-Partisan Voters League took a more active role in civil rights in Mobile. LeFlore served as its director of casework. He was a plaintiff in Bolden vs. Mobile and the judgement changed Mobile's city government to a mayor-council system. In 1974, he was elected as a state representative. The office of the NPVL was located upstairs in the Masonic building.

Erected by The African-American Heritage Trail of Mobile. (Marker Number 24.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail of Mobile series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1956.

Location. 30° 41.419′ N, 88° 2.989′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is at the intersection of St Francis Street and North Warren Street, on the right when traveling west on St Francis Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 558 St Francis Street, Mobile AL 36602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in Mobile Bay.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dr. Thomas N. Harris (a few steps from this marker); Bettie Hunter House (about 300 feet away,

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measured in a direct line); Creole Firehouse #1 (about 300 feet away); Dr. H. Roger Williams (about 500 feet away); Andrew N. Johnson (about 600 feet away); St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church (about 600 feet away); Shaarai Shomayim (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Convent of Mercy (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Also see . . .
1. Life of John LeFlore. (Submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Information on abstracts of Non-Partisan Voters League Records. (Submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Marker and old masonic building. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

2. Marker and old masonic building.

View of marker looking west on St Francis Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

3. View of marker looking west on St Francis Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,149 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.