Memorial marks 2nd anniversary of Earl Shinhoster's death

ELLENWOOD - Family and friends of the late NAACP president Earl T. Shinhoster are holding a memorial service Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of his death. <br> <br> Shinhoster was killed June Eleventh, 2000, in a single-vehicle crash near Milstead in Macon County, about 25 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama. He was 47. <br> <br> Shinhoster Shinhoster was riding in a speeding motorcade led by state troopers escorting an African dignitary. The driver of the car apparently lost control after a tire blow out and the car went off the interstate, overturned and hit a tree. <br> <br> Shinhoster was the only fatality. <br> <br> Shinhoster, who also lived in Mableton, was the director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People&#39;s Voter Empowerment project, a national voter registration and education program. He also was involved in efforts to raise census participation among blacks. <br> <br> The memorial is scheduled for noon today at Kennedy Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Ellenwood.