Samuel DeWitt Proctor

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Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.

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Samuel DeWitt Proctor canonical 2

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instanceOf Baptist minister ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
public intellectual ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Divinity ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
advisorTo Peace Corps ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-07-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-05-22 ⓘ
denomination National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. ⓘ
educatedAt Crozer Theological Seminary ⓘ
Virginia Union University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ
Rutgers University ⓘ
Virginia Union University ⓘ
familyName Proctor ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
honoredBy Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference ⓘ
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University ⓘ
knownFor leadership in historically Black colleges and universities ⓘ
mentoring African American clergy and leaders ⓘ
progressive Christian theology ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf National Council of Churches ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableWork How Shall They Hear? ⓘ
The Substance of Things Hoped For ⓘ
We Have This Ministry ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
minister ⓘ
professor ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norfolk, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Norfolk, Virginia
placeOfDeath North Carolina, United States ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina
positionHeld Martin Luther King Jr. Chair in Social Ethics at Rutgers University ⓘ
associate director of the Peace Corps ⓘ
pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church ⓘ
president of North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ
president of Virginia Union University ⓘ
special adviser to the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
spouse Bessie Proctor ⓘ
workedIn higher education administration ⓘ

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Abyssinian Baptist Church → notableLeader → Samuel DeWitt Proctor ⓘ