Charles Steele Jr.
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Charles Steele Jr. | |
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Howard W. Creecy Jr. | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Preceded by | Fred Shuttlesworth |
Succeeded by | Howard W. Creecy Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | August 3, 1946
Charles Steele Jr. (born August 3, 1946) is an American businessman, politician and civil rights leader. He was the first African American elected to the City Council of Tuscaloosa and one of the first African Americans elected to the Alabama State Senate. From 2004 to 2009, he was the National President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr. Steele is the founder and President of Charles Steele and Associates, located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Education
Steele was born in
Political career
In 1985 he was elected to the Tuscaloosa City Council, where he served two terms. During his tenure as city councilman, he organized the Unity Day Scholarship Fund, the Tuscaloosa Police Athletic League, and secured funds for the purchase of Palmore Park and Barrs’ Quarters (Charles Steele Estates). This was the first homeownership program in West Alabama.[citation needed] He obtained the funds to build the Bernice Washington Insight Center, a drug treatment center. He organized the Tuscaloosa Drug Task Force and after many years of relenting efforts, the Partners For a Drug Free Tuscaloosa County (formerly Tuscaloosa Drug Task Force). During that time the partnership was awarded $1 million.
In 1994, he was elected to the
References
- ^ "Tuscaloosa Civic Hall of Fame 2006". Archived from the original on August 12, 2007.