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December 07, 2011 News » Durham County

Lavonia Allison's reign ends

by Samiha Khanna

Clinging to the helm of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People for the past 14 years, Lavonia Allison has made one thing very clear: She'll go when she damn well pleases. Critics of her inflexible leadership have tried to…

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Tags: Durham County, Durham, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Lavonia Allison, Philip Cousin, Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr, Durham politics, Butch Williams, Melvin Whitley, Cora Cole-McFadden, Bill Bell, Victoria Peterson, Darius Little, Jackie Wagstaff, Chuck Watts, NAACP, CORE, Fred Foster Jr, Deborah Giles, Larry Hester, State Board of Elections

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