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Brimmer then attended the historically black [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Xavier University in [[New Orleans]]. Thereafter, Douglas entered the [[United States Army]], in which he reached the rank of master sergeant. From 1950 to 1952, he was stationed in [[Anchorage]], [[Alaska]], and [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Thereafter, he was a letter carrier for the [[United States Postal Service]] and a salesman for Southern Barber and Beauty Supply Company in [[Baton Rouge]].  

Brimmer then attended the historically black [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Xavier University in [[New Orleans]]. Thereafter, Douglas entered the [[United States Army]], in which he reached the rank of master sergeant. From 1950 to 1952, he was stationed in [[Anchorage]], [[Alaska]], and [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Thereafter, he was a letter carrier for the [[United States Postal Service]] and a salesman for Southern Barber and Beauty Supply Company in [[Baton Rouge]].  

On July 24, 1949, in New Roads, he wed the former Audrey Marie Daisy (1920–1991), daughter of farmer Thomas Daisy (1898–1975) and the former Lillian Pourclau (1897–1985). The Douglases had one child, Kordice Majella Douglas (born 1955).<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php|title=Douglas, Emmitt Jame|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=November 11, 2019}}</ref> Kordice Douglas is a graduate of the [[Harvard Law School]]<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CSoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=emmitt+douglas+of+louisiana+naacp&source=bl&ots=QulNVj68IM&sig=FYAEuE478gqM6TZ1ZBEqseP-Pp4&hl=en&ei=Hl4KTaD2FY-p8Abr4KCfAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=emmitt%20douglas%20of%20louisiana%20naacp&f=false|title=Emmitt J. Douglas|publisher=''The Crisis'' (NAACP newspaper)|date=March 1980|accessdate=December 16, 2010}}</ref> and practices law in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kordice.com/|title=Kordice M. Douglas|publisher=kordice.com|accessdate=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

On July 24, 1949, in New Roads, he wed the former Audrey Marie Daisy (1920–1991), daughter of farmer Thomas Daisy (1898–1975) and the former Lillian Pourclau (1897–1985). The Douglases had one child, Kordice Majella Douglas (born 1955).<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php|title=Douglas, Emmitt Jame|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=November 11, 2019}}</ref> Kordice Douglas is a graduate of the [[Harvard Law School]]<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CSoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=emmitt+douglas+of+louisiana+naacp&source=bl&ots=QulNVj68IM&sig=FYAEuE478gqM6TZ1ZBEqseP-Pp4&hl=en&ei=Hl4KTaD2FY-p8Abr4KCfAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=emmitt%20douglas%20of%20louisiana%20naacp&f=false|title=Emmitt J. Douglas|publisher=''The Crisis'' (NAACP newspaper)|date=March 1980|accessdate=December 16, 2010}}</ref> and practices law in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kordice.com/|title=Kordice M. Douglas|publisher=kordice.com|accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref>

==NAACP activities==

==NAACP activities==

Douglas died at the age of fifty-four of a heart attack at New Roads General Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/26/obituaries/emmitt-douglas.html|title=Emmitt Douglas obituary|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date= March 25, 1981|accessdate=November 11, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> He and his wife are entombed at the St. Augustine Catholic Church Mausoleum in New Roads.<ref name=lahist/>

Douglas died at the age of fifty-four of a heart attack at New Roads General Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/26/obituaries/emmitt-douglas.html|title=Emmitt Douglas obituary|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date= March 25, 1981|accessdate=November 11, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> He and his wife are entombed at the St. Augustine Catholic Church Mausoleum in New Roads.<ref name=lahist/>

Douglas is honored by the naming of Emmitt J. Douglas Park on Tenth Street in New Roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/45968697.html|title=Emily Holden, "Discussion on litter leads class to act|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date= May 25, 2009|accessdate=December 16, 2010}}</ref>

Douglas is honored by the naming of Emmitt J. Douglas Park on Tenth Street in New Roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/45968697.html|author=Emily Holden|title=Discussion on litter leads class to act|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date= May 25, 2009|accessdate=December 16, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>

==References==

==References==