Melvyn R. Leventhal
Melvyn R. Leventhal | |
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| Born | March 18, 1943 |
| Education | Washington Square College New York University School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal (born March 18, 1943) 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 NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. and then, from 1974 to 1978, as a staff attorney in LDF's offices in New York.
He and author Alice Walker of Georgia married in New York City in 1967. They were known after their move to Mississippi as the first legally married interracial couple in the state; they have a daughter, Rebecca Walker.