Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:arrested civil rights activism
gptkbp:author numerous books on civil rights and religion
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:Presidential_Citizens_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1929-08-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brockton,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Timothy_Walker
gptkb:Kimberly_Walker
gptkb:Melody_Walker
gptkb:Wyatt_Tee_Walker_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:Fred_Shuttlesworth
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-01-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chester,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:education Virginia Union University
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Freedom_National_Bank,_Harlem
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker
gptkbp:legacy major figure in the American civil rights movement
gptkbp:milestone helped organize the Youth March for Integrated Schools
helped draft the Birmingham Manifesto
helped organize 1963 March on Washington
helped organize the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
helped plan the Birmingham Campaign
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
chief of staff to Martin Luther King Jr.
key organizer of the Birmingham Campaign
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:priest
author
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:servedAs pastor of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ, Harlem, New York
pastor of Gillfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Theresa_Ann_Edwards_Walker
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous articles and biographies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality_(CORE)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5