Note: His birth certificate shows his name as Willard Cox Ransom. Cox was his mother's maiden name.
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Thursday, November 9, 1995: Willard B. Mike Ransom, a Harvard-educated attorney, civil rights activist and co-founder of Indianapolis Black Expo, died Tuesday. He was 79. Mr. Ransom became active in local civil rights efforts when he returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Army Air Forces in France and Belgium during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. He began reorganizing the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, traveling the state to encourage people to take direct action for civil rights. He organized some local protests in the late 1950s, years before the much-publicized sit-ins and marches in the South. Mr. Ransom had been legal counsel to blacks in the Indianapolis fire and police departments and, at the time of his death, was of counsel to the law firm Bamberger and Feibleman. He was a director of National City Bank of Indiana, served five terms as chairman of the state NAACP and was a life member of the organization, and was a board member of the Madame C.J. Walker Urban Life Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Stuart Mortuary. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Gladys, a daughter and a son.
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Thursday, November 9, 1995: Willard B. Mike Ransom, a Harvard-educated attorney, civil rights activist and co-founder of Indianapolis Black Expo, died Tuesday. He was 79. Mr. Ransom became active in local civil rights efforts when he returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Army Air Forces in France and Belgium during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. He began reorganizing the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, traveling the state to encourage people to take direct action for civil rights. He organized some local protests in the late 1950s, years before the much-publicized sit-ins and marches in the South. Mr. Ransom had been legal counsel to blacks in the Indianapolis fire and police departments and, at the time of his death, was of counsel to the law firm Bamberger and Feibleman. He was a director of National City Bank of Indiana, served five terms as chairman of the state NAACP and was a life member of the organization, and was a board member of the Madame C.J. Walker Urban Life Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Stuart Mortuary. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Gladys, a daughter and a son.
Note: His birth certificate shows his name as Willard Cox Ransom. Cox was his mother's maiden name.
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Thursday, November 9, 1995: Willard B. Mike Ransom, a Harvard-educated attorney, civil rights activist and co-founder of Indianapolis Black Expo, died Tuesday. He was 79. Mr. Ransom became active in local civil rights efforts when he returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Army Air Forces in France and Belgium during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. He began reorganizing the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, traveling the state to encourage people to take direct action for civil rights. He organized some local protests in the late 1950s, years before the much-publicized sit-ins and marches in the South. Mr. Ransom had been legal counsel to blacks in the Indianapolis fire and police departments and, at the time of his death, was of counsel to the law firm Bamberger and Feibleman. He was a director of National City Bank of Indiana, served five terms as chairman of the state NAACP and was a life member of the organization, and was a board member of the Madame C.J. Walker Urban Life Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Stuart Mortuary. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Gladys, a daughter and a son.
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Thursday, November 9, 1995: Willard B. Mike Ransom, a Harvard-educated attorney, civil rights activist and co-founder of Indianapolis Black Expo, died Tuesday. He was 79. Mr. Ransom became active in local civil rights efforts when he returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Army Air Forces in France and Belgium during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. He began reorganizing the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, traveling the state to encourage people to take direct action for civil rights. He organized some local protests in the late 1950s, years before the much-publicized sit-ins and marches in the South. Mr. Ransom had been legal counsel to blacks in the Indianapolis fire and police departments and, at the time of his death, was of counsel to the law firm Bamberger and Feibleman. He was a director of National City Bank of Indiana, served five terms as chairman of the state NAACP and was a life member of the organization, and was a board member of the Madame C.J. Walker Urban Life Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Stuart Mortuary. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Gladys, a daughter and a son.
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