Mar 30, 2022 · Adam Shakoor, a civil rights advocate, an attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the former deputy mayor of Detroit and the first Muslim to be judge, died at 74.

Mar 26, 2022 · Judge Adam Shakoor, former Detroit deputy mayor, civil rights advocate and attorney who represented Rosa Parks, has died. He was 74. Civil rights groups say Shakoor …

He completed his pulmonary/allergy and critical care fellowship in 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Prior to his current practice, Dr. Shakoor worked in Iowa for several years. He has been …

uslim judge and the first Deputy Mayor of the City of Detroit. Throughout his diverse works and vast achievements, Judge Shakoor consistently uplifted civil rights and justice for all, and his …

Oct 10, 2024 · He was a dedicated activist who fought for social change and advocated for marginalized communities’ rights. His dedication to justice and fairness was particularly …

Mar 28, 2022 · Throughout his career, he was an activist for social change significantly during the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 70s. Gov. William Milliken granted him a judgeship in …

Shakoor defended equal rights for Muslims in Michigan in multiple cases during his legal tenure and was also Rosa Parks’ personal attorney from 1995 until she died in 2005, according to …

(CANTON, MI, 3/21/2022) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, …

This collection is part of the Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African-American Legal History in partnership with the WSU Law School and the Damon J. Keith Center of Civil Rights.

Aug 14, 2019 · After a career spent in advocacy for marginalized communities, in 1980, he was appointed by Michigan Governor, William Miliken. An African-American Muslim, he spent his …