DALLAS- D. Lee Alcorn graduated as an honor student from Aycock High School in 1956.  After high school, he joined the United States Air Force, where he served his country for four years as a cryptographer.  He attended and graduated from the University of Texas Medical School of Radiology Technology in 1965. 

He further studied and graduated from Mountain View Community College in Dallas, in 1975.
He has served his community in many capacities to improve its political representation and economic plight.  He is a charter member of the Grand Prairie Leadership program and has served as a City Council Member, Grand Prairie.

He also served as the founder and president of the Grand Prairie Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and president of the Dallas NAACP Branch. He led the Dallas NAACP Branch voter registration and education drive that resulted in the largest Black voter turnout prompting the election of the first Black Mayor of Dallas, and led the NAACP successful fight to remove the Confederate Flag from Grand Prairie Independent School District.
Alcorn was inducted into the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Alabama, and is the recipient of numerous awards for his dedication and untiring service. 

He retired in 1995 as the Radiology Manager from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  Upon retiring, he started the Coalition for the Advancement of Civil Rights (CACR), which is still a viable organization. He is a devoted husband and is the father of five children.
We salute D. Lee Alcorn as this week’s Living Legend and invite you to send in who you think will make a good Living Legend and why they should be honored.