David Richmond (activist)

David Richmond
Richmond c. 1960
Born	(1941-04-20)April 20, 1941 Greensboro, North Carolina, US
Died	December 7, 1990(1990-12-07) (aged 49) Greensboro, North Carolina, US
Resting place	Carolina Biblical Gardens, Jamestown, North Carolina
Alma mater	North Carolina A&T State University
Spouse	Yvonne Bryson
Children	3

David Leinail Richmond (April 20, 1941 – December 7, 1990) was a civil rights activist for most of his life, but he was best known for being one of the Greensboro Four. Richmond was a student at North Carolina A&T during the time of the Greensboro protests, but never ended up graduating from A&T. He felt pressure from the residual celebrity of being one of the Greensboro Four; his life was threatened in Greensboro and he was forced to move to Franklin, NC. Eventually, he moved back to Greensboro to take care of his father. Richmond was awarded the Levi Coffin Award for leadership in human rights by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce in 1980. Richmond seemed to be haunted by the fact that he could not do more to improve his world, and battled alcoholism and depression. He died in 1990 and was awarded a posthumous honorary doctorate degree from North Carolina A&T ^[1]