Talmadge Rutledge (1929 – April 16, 2020) was an American civil rights activist who lived in Clearwater, Florida.
[1][2] His brother Charles was also a businessman and was a party to the lawsuit that precipitated the desegregation of Pinellas County Schools.
[5] In 1968, he was convicted and fined $35 for obstructing a school bus during a desegregation demonstration.
The national president of the NAACP, Kivie Kaplan, attended the trial.
[6] He opposed the closing of a community center named for Martin Luther King Jr. in the North Greenwood section of Clearwater.