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Willard Ransom

1916–1995

United States

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Willard "Mike" Blystone Ransom (1916–1995) was an American lawyer, businessman, community civic leader, and a civil rights activist in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Indiana during the early years of the civil rights movement.

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