Willard W. Allen
(1888-1961)
Director of the NAACP
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Willard W. Allen (May 3, 1888 – 1961) was born in Buckingham County, Virginia to George and Elizabeth Allen. Allen arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1904 where he worked as a porter in the private railroad car for George L. Potter, Vice-President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; he eventually worked in Potter's residence in Towson, Maryland. He also earned money delivering newspapers for the Herald. Eventually Allen saved up enough money to enter into the insurance business, working for Mutual Benefit Company as a full-time agent. In 1922, he left Mutual to work for Southern Life Insurance Company and in 1925, he became the first president of the company. He served as president until his retirement in 1959.
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3 May 1888
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1961 (aged 72)
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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