Nekima Levy Armstrong
American lawyer and civil right activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nekima Valdez Levy Armstrong (née Levy-Pounds, c. 1976) is an American lawyer and social justice activist. She was president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP from 2015 to 2016. She has led a variety of organizations that focus on issues of racial equality and disparity in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.
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Born | Nekima Levy-Pounds (1976-06-27) June 27, 1976 (age 47) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Southern California (BA) University of Illinois (JD) |
Occupation | Attorney |
Children | 5 |
Levy Armstrong was a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis from 2003 to 2016. After concluding her term as an NAACP chapter president and leaving her academic post, she had an unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Minneapolis in the 2017 election. She has been a prominent local activist in several protests over the killing of black Americans by police officers. She has been involved in lawsuits to prevent Minneapolis from eliminating single-family zoning, arguing that doing so would harm the environment and communities of color.[1]