Ollye Shirley

Biography

Ollye Brown Shirley (January 10, 1934 – September 10, 2016) was an American educator and civil rights activist. During the 1960s, she served as an editor for the Vicksburg Citizens' Appeal, an African American newspaper that covered the civil rights movement. Following a move with her husband, Aaron Shirley, to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1965, she served as a teacher and a member of the board of the board for the Jackson Public School District, including a period as the board's president.

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