Dr. Charles Gomillion

Dr. Charles Goode Gomillion, circa 1940–1960. Photograph by P.H. Polk. Photograph courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives, P.H. Polk Family Collection.

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Dr. Charles Goode Gomillion was the president of the Tuskegee Civic Association, dean of students at Tuskegee Institute, and lead plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case Gomillion v. Lightfoot, in which the Supreme Court ruled gerrymandering unconstitutional.

  • Date Created: circa 1940–1960
  • Date Digitized: 04/21/2021
  • Creator: P.H. Polk
  • Contributor: P.H. Polk
  • Subject: Tuskegee; Charles Gomillion; TCA
  • Format: JPG
  • Source: black and white photograph
  • Publisher: Tuskegee University Archives
  • Rights Link: http://archive.tuskegee.edu/repository/copyright-information/