Lucille Gorham, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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civil rights activist
Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1931
Date of Death: 03-Nov-2012
Profession: civil rights advocate
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Lucille Gorham
- Lucille Gorham (January 18, 1931 - November 3, 2012) was a civil rights activist in Baltimore communities during the Civil Rights Movement.
- Born Lucille Alexander in Halifax, North Carolina, Gorham moved to Baltimore in 1934 and resided a community in East Baltimore.
- She attended city public schools and later earned a GED, as well as studying at Sojourner Douglass College.
- Gorham lived a quiet life as a homemaker until 1967, when she became the president of Citizens for Fair Housing, a neighborhood association founded in response to the city's urban renewal plan.
- She soon led a successful community-owned and operated housing complex built on Madison Park Square between Caroline and Eden streets.
- She went on to become the director of the Madison Square Housing Association, director of the Middle East Community, and the leader of a neighborhood 4-H Club.The Baltimore riot of 1968 resulting from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- propelled Gorham's role in neighborhood activism.
- In August 1968, Gorham began to operate "Our House," clubhouse that offered services to the community including home-cooked meals, a place for local children to spend their Saturday evenings, and a spot for senior citizens to meet with friends.Later in life, Gorham fought against the expansion of the Johns Hopkins Hospital medical complex in 2002.
- As a result of the expansion, Gorham was forced out of her home in the Middle East neighborhood of East Baltimore and moved to a home in the Belair-Edison neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore.
- Gorham died at 81 years old from a battle with cancer.
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