Almira Kennedy Coursey (June 5, 1914 - August 26, 1996) was a community activist and organizer based in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York.
[1][4] In the late 1930s, she worked as a teacher in Clayton, North Carolina, and developed the "Three W's" program for teen girls, which instilled values of womanhood, wholesome recreation, and willingness to serve.
[2][5] In 1964, Coursey began working with the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council (CBCC), a coalition of civic clubs, churches, civil-rights groups, and block associations led by Elsie Richardson.
Her advocacy eventually led to the construction of the Kosciuszko Pool, designed by Morris Lapidus, as well as renovations to the park's facilities and the addition of the Eubie Blake Auditorium, the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center, and Little League fields in 1969.
[5][10][11] Coursey continued her advocacy work into the 1970s, and served on city-wide committees for poverty and education under the mayoral administrations of Robert F. Wagner and John Lindsay.