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American lawyer, civil rights organizer

Melvyn R. Leventhal
Born	(1943-03-18) March 18, 1943 (age 81)
Education	Washington Square College New York University School of Law
Occupation	Attorney

Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal (born March 18, 1943)^[1] is an American attorney known for his work as a community organizer and lawyer in the 1960s–70s Civil Rights Movement.

From 1969 to 1974 he served as the Lead Counsel in Mississippi for the Legal Defense Fund, the litigation arm of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

In , Walker married the activist Jewish civil rights attorney Mel Leventhal, with whom she lived in Jackson, Mississippi.

Michael Leventhal is the publisher of Greenhill Books - military history titles - and Green Bean Books, which publishes Jewish children's.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Melvyn Roseman Leventhal began his work in the Mississippi civil rights movement in

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Oral History Project documents the stories and context behind LDF's efforts for over 80 years to defend and advance the full.

In a memoir about the power of race to share one's personal identity, the daughter of Jewish father and African-American mother recalls her confusing but.

After returning to New York, he served as a staff attorney for LDF for several more years. He also practiced business law.

He and Black author Alice Walker of Georgia married in New York City in 1967.^[2] They were known after their return to Mississippi as the first legally married interracial couple in the state; they had a daughter together.

Early life and education