Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Virginia Union University
Organization(s)
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Congress of Racial Equality, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Social Democrats, USA (National Chairman), A. Philip Randolph Institute (President), Committee on the Present Danger
Movement
Civil Rights Movement, Peace Movement
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Wyatt Tee Walker (August 16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1958 became an early board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He helped found a Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) chapter in 1958. As executive director of the SCLC from 1960 to 1964, Walker helped to bring the group to national prominence. Walker sat at the feet of his mentor, BG Crawley, who was a Baptist Minister in Brooklyn, NY and New York State Judge.
Walker started as pastor at historic Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, where he entered the Civil Rights Movement. For 37 years Walker was senior pastor at Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, New York, where he also co-founded the Religious Action Network of Africa Action to oppose apartheid in South Africa, and chaired the Central Harlem Local Development Corporation.
WyattTeeWalker (August 16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian...
leaders resisted the boycott, the SCLC agreed to assist. Organizer WyattTeeWalker joined Birmingham activist Shuttlesworth and began what they called...
Nash, Henry Schwarzschild, Leon Felton Smith Jr., Theresa Edwards Walker, WyattTeeWalker and Melvin Lorenzo White. Included 4 participants – Thomas Madison...
given to his lawyers to take back to movement headquarters. Pastor WyattTeeWalker and his secretary Willie Pearl Mackey then began compiling and editing...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
when it undertook the Birmingham campaign in 1963. Executive Director WyattTeeWalker carefully planned the early strategy and tactics for the campaign....
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
to make direct contact with President Kennedy at the advisement of WyattTeeWalker and succeeded in speaking with Robert F. Kennedy. President Kennedy...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
bad. His letters also revealed what he knew of Fard, alleging he was John Walker of Gary who had come to America at 27 from Greece, had served prison time...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
Dorothy Tillman A. P. Tureaud Hartman Turnbow Albert Turner C. T. Vivian WyattTeeWalker Hollis Watkins Walter Francis White Roy Wilkins Hosea Williams Kale...
two and a half years as interim executive director until Reverend WyattTeeWalker started in the role in April 1960. Baker's job with the SCLC was more...
(6): 2109–2130. Epstein, Lee J.; Segal, Jeffrey A.; Spaeth, Harold J.; Walker, Thomas G. (2021). The Supreme Court Compendium: Two Centuries of Data,...
in Nation of Islam is estimated at 50,000 to 100,000. August – Rev. WyattTeeWalker replaces Ella Baker as SCLC's Executive Director. October 19 – King...
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