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Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Reverend_Wyatt_Tee_Walker
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civil rights activism
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numerous books on civil rights and religion
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gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:Presidential_Citizens_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate
1929-08-16
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Brockton,_Massachusetts,_USA
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gptkb:Timothy_Walker
gptkb:Kimberly_Walker
gptkb:Melody_Walker
gptkb:Wyatt_Tee_Walker_Jr.
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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
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gptkb:Freedom_National_Bank,_Harlem
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Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker
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major figure in the American civil rights movement
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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
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gptkb:American
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executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
chief of staff to Martin Luther King Jr.
key organizer of the Birmingham Campaign
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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
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gptkb:Theresa_Ann_Edwards_Walker
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numerous articles and biographies
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gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality_(CORE)
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