Editor’s note: This is the 23rd in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor the men and women of the past who were denied the honor at the time of their death because of discrimination due to their race and/or gender. George W. Parker, former resident of Pensacola best known for his spirited defense of Rev. L.B. Croom in the 1905 streetcar segregation case, died on July 9, 1921, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Cause of death is unknown. Mr. Parker was born in Alabama in 1864.
