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Zirl A. Palmer

1919–1982

United States

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Zirl Augustus Palmer (December 11, 1919 – May 20, 1982) was an African-American businessman and activist in Lexington, Kentucky. He opened Palmer's Pharmacy in 1952 in an old building at Fifth and Race Street. He was involved in the city's desegregation and first Black board member of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.

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