Leslie B. McLemore

Biography

Leslie B. McLemore is best known as an American civil rights activist, professor of political science and political leader. McLemore received a master's degree in political science from Atlanta University and a doctorate in government from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He taught at Jackson State University, was founding Chair of the Department of Political Science, later Dean of the Graduate School and Founding Director of the Office of Research, and interim president of Jackson State University in 2010. McLemore was a student leader in the civil rights movement. He was the first …