| | 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]]. <ref name=lahist/> | | 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]]. <ref name=lahist/> |
| − | 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=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-d/|title=Douglas, Emmett J.|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=November 11, 2019}}</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, 2019}}</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|rl=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-d/|title=Douglas, Emmitt J.|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=November 11, 2019}}</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, 2019}}</ref> |