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Doris Funnye Innis
Born
Doris Valdena Funnye
(1933-02-26)February 26, 1933
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
Died
December 8, 2015(2015-12-08) (aged 82)
New York City, United States
Education
South Carolina State College (B.A.), New York University (M.A.), (M.A.Ed.)
Occupation(s)
Editor, writer, journalist, educator
Notable work
Profiles in Black[1]
Spouse
Roy Innis (div. 2003)
Children
Kimathi Innis
Doris Valdena Funnye Innis (February 26, 1933 – December 8, 2015) was an American writer, editor and educator, significantly in the area of civil rights. She was the editor of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) publications Rights and Reviews and CORE Magazine in the early 1970s and again in the 1980s.
She was the sister of former CORE chairman Clarence Funnye, and the former wife of CORE National chairman Roy Innis.
Doris Valdena FunnyeInnis (February 26, 1933 – December 8, 2015) was an American writer, editor and educator, significantly in the area of civil rights...
Roy Innis, serves as National Spokesman of the Congress of Racial Equality. Innis was born in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in 1934. In 1947, Innis moved...
and engineer Donald Quayle Innis (1924–1988), Canadian geographer, son of Harold Innis and Mary Quayle DorisFunnyeInnis (1933–2015) American Civil Rights...
national chairman. He was replaced by Roy Innis, who was the National Chairman until his death in 2017. Innis initially led the organization to strongly...
Name Class year Notability Reference(s) DorisFunnyeInnis 1955 writer, journalist, educator, editor of Congress of Racial Equality publications, Rights...
Black: biographical sketches of 100 living Black unsung heroes by DorisFunnyeInnis, Juliana Wu, and Joyce Duren, CORE Publications, 1976. "Claudia Lindsey"...
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