John Wesley Dobbs, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American civic and political leader
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About John Wesley Dobbs
- John Wesley Dobbs (March 26, 1882 – August 30, 1961) was an African-American civic and political leader in Atlanta, Georgia.
- He was often referred to as the unofficial "mayor" of Auburn Avenue, the spine of the black community in the city.
- Dobbs co-founded the Atlanta Negro Voters League with civil rights attorney A.T.
- Walden, leading voter registration efforts that registered 20,000 African Americans in Atlanta from 1936-1946.
- This new political power helped gain the hiring in 1948 of the first eight African-American police officers in Atlanta, the same year that the federal government began to integrate the armed services.
- In 1949 the city finally installed lighting along Auburn Avenue, the main retail street of the African-American community.
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