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Image 1 of 1: Zephaniah Alexander Looby was born on April 8, 1899 in Antigua, British West Indies. He taught economics at Fisk University from 1926 to 1928 and lectured there throughout his career. Three years later, he helped found the Kent College of Law, the first law school for African Americans in Nashville since the last had closed almost 20 years ago. Looby is best known for his help in acquitting 23 black men charged with murder during the Columbia race riot of 1946 and the bombing of his house on April 19, 1960. He died on March 24, 1972.
Zephaniah Alexander Looby was born on April 8, 1899 in Antigua, British West Indies. He taught economics at Fisk University from 1926 to 1928 and lectured there throughout his career. Three years later, he helped found the Kent College of Law, the first law school for African Americans in Nashville since the last had closed almost 20 years ago. Looby is best known for his help in acquitting 23 black men charged with murder during the Columbia race riot of 1946 and the bombing of his house on April 19, 1960. He died on March 24, 1972.

Zephaniah Alexander Looby was born on April 8, 1899 in Antigua, British West Indies. He taught economics at Fisk University from 1926 to 1928 and lectured there throughout his career. Three years later, he helped found the Kent College of Law, the first law school for African Americans in Nashville since the last had closed almost 20 years ago. Looby is best known for his help in acquitting 23 black men charged with murder during the Columbia race riot of 1946 and the bombing of his house on April 19, 1960. He died on March 24, 1972.

Z. Alexander Looby

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Zephaniah Alexander Looby was born on April 8, 1899 in Antigua, British West Indies. He taught economics at Fisk University from 1926 to 1928 and lectured there throughout his career. Three years later, he helped found the Kent College of Law, the first law school for African Americans in Nashville since the last had closed almost 20 years ago. Looby is best known for his help in acquitting 23 black men charged with murder during the Columbia race riot of 1946 and the bombing of his house on April 19, 1960. He died on March 24, 1972.

Title Z. Alexander Looby
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Sam Uselton, Belmont University; 2020
Date 1899;1972
Address 2099-2015 Meharry Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208
Type Person
Coverage Area 4
Source Z. Alexander Looby
Contributor Maurice Weaver; Thurgood Marshall; NAACP; Ben West; Robert Lillard; Fisk University ; Kent College of Law; Grafta Looby; Fisk University; Meharry Medical College
Subject African Americans; Civil Rights; Education; Post-World War II; Protests; Neighborhoods
Keywords People, Desegregation, NAACP, Fisk University, Lawyers, Meharry Medical College , Colleges, Universities, Bombings, Z. Alexander Looby House, Meharry Medical College 01
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0