March 24, 1972. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Nashville. In 1976, the city government of Nashville named a new library and community center in Looby's honor. In 1978, the James C. Napier Lawyers Association changed its name to the Napier-Looby Bar Association, in honor of Looby and his accomplishments. In 1982, the Nashville Bar Association posthumously awarded Looby membership; it had rejected him on racial grounds when he applied in the 1950s. References Further reading Elliott, Sam. “Z. Alexander Looby: a Lawyer Hero of the Nashville Sit-Ins.” Tennessee bar journal 47.2 (2011): 3. Z. Alexander Looby, Including Bombing of His Home and School Desegregation in Tennessee. N.p., 1956. Z. Alexander Looby article in Nashville Tennesseean magazine, and Nashville urban renewal projects. (1961). Z. Alexander Looby, nominations, elections, and travel arrangements. (1953). COLUMBIA RACE RIOT, 1946. (2009, October 29). The Tennessee Tribune, 20(44). 1899 births 1972 deaths African-American people in Tennessee politics Activists for African-American civil rights Antigua and Barbuda emigrants to the United States Tennessee lawyers Tennessee Republicans Metropolitan Council members (Nashville, Tennessee) American civil rights lawyers Fisk University faculty Howard University alumni Columbia Law School alumni New York University School of Law alumni African-American activists 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American lawyers African-American history in Nashville, Tennessee