Before serving as city councilman, however, Bundy, an African American, was accused of leading a mob that sparked the East St. Louis riots of July 2, 1917.
Following his release, Bundy became a city councilman and led the fight to block seating of delegates that excluded African Americans at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
He then moved to St. Louis in 1909, where he became an entrepreneur who owned a service station, garage, and small car agency.
[4] Rioters caused a total of $400,000 in property damage, drove 6,000 African American laborers from the area and killed by some estimates upwards of 200 people, the overwhelming majority of whom were African-American.
Leroy Bundy" and served as the city councilman from 1929 to 1937 and lead the fight to block seating of delegates that excluded African Americans at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.