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About Volma Overton
- Volma Overton (September 26, 1924 - October 31, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist and president of NAACP's Austin, Texas chapter from 1962 to 1983.
- He is best known for his legal efforts to end racial segregation in Austin schools.Overton was born in Maha in the rural southeast of Travis County.
- He served in the Marines in World War II, then in the Army Reserves, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
- After World War II, he attended Tillotson College (now part of Huston-Tillotson University from 1947 to 1950 where he earned a B.S.
- degree in chemistry with a minor in math.
- He also met his wife, Warneta while studying there.
- They had four children, who were often involved in Overton's civil rights work; their daughter DeDra was named the plaintiff in the federal lawsuit he led to desegregate Austin schools.
- The lawsuit lasted a decade and Overton, backed by the NAACP Legal Defense, the U.S.
- Justice Department and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ultimately prevailed.
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