James Bevel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-10-19 (72 years old)

Deathday

2008-12-19

Place of Birth

Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA

James Bevel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 - December 19, 2008) was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education, Bevel initiated, strategized, and developed SCLC's three major successes of the era: the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade, the 1965 Selma voting rights movement, and the 1966 Chicago open housing movement. He suggested that SCLC call for and join a March on Washington in 1963. Bevel strategized the 1965 Selma to Montgome...

Acting

1997

4 Little Girls

as Self - SCLC

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