Carsie Alvin Hall Sr. (1908-1989) was a lawyer who handled civil rights cases in Mississippi. [1] [2] He represented the Mississippi NAACP and served as president of the Jackson, Mississippi branch of the NAACP. [3] He defended civil rights activists arrested during the Freedom Summer. [4]
In 1927 he graduated from Jackson College High School and in 1935 he graduated from Jackson College. He worked as a mail carrier to pay his way through law school. [5] He and Sidney Redmond studied law together. [6]
In 1962 she wrote a letter announcing the formation of the Voters' League and was its president. [7] In 1964 he was refused access to inmates at a Mississippi jail. [8]
Richard Haley wrote him about the Otha Williams and Lula Bell Wright cases. [9]
He played dominos. [5]
He and Jack Young are honored at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. A historical marker commemorates him along with fellow Jackson civil rights attorneys R. J. Brown and Jack Young. [10]