peoplepill id: loree-murray
American activist
Loree Murray
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
American activist
Places
was
Work field
Gender
Female
Star sign
Death
Age
88 years
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Loree Murray (January 2, 1921 – 2009) was a community activist in Washington DC.
Career
Murray moved to DC in the early 1940s from Pinehurst, North Carolina.
She led street patrols, known as Orange Hat patrols, to help police document drug activity. In 1985, she founded the Near Northeast Citizens Against Crimes and Drugs. She was also one of the founding members of the H Street Festival and was an advocate for statehood for the District of Columbia.
Cohen Companies named a building in her honor, the Loree Grand, built on the border of the North of Massachusetts Business District.
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Loree Murray is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
Credits
References and sources
Loree Murray