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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_BevelJames Bevel - Wikipedia

    16 [1] 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 ...

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › James-Luther-BevelJames Luther Bevel | Civil Rights leader, Freedom Fighter ...

    May 3, 2024 · James Luther Bevel (born Oct. 19, 1936, Itta Bena, Miss., U.S.—died Dec. 19, 2008, Springfield, Va.) was an American minister and political activist who played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Although Bevel initially intended to pursue a recording career, he felt called to Christian ministry.

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  4. kinginstitute.stanford.edu › bevel-james-lutherBevel, James Luther | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research ...

    Dec 19, 2008 · Credited by Martin Luther King with initiating the Children’s Crusade during the Birmingham Campaign of 1963, James Bevel emerged as a civil rights leader from the ranks of the Nashville, Tennessee, student movement. Bevel was at King’s side during many of the major campaigns of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and was at ...

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  6. www.thehistorymakers.org › reverend-james-bevelReverend James Bevel's Biography - The HistoryMakers

    Jan 14, 2003 · Biography. Digital Archive. Civil rights activist Reverend James Luther Bevel was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, on October 19, 1936. After a stint in the services, Bevel was called to the ministry and enrolled in the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee.

  7. www.blackpast.org › bevel-james-1936-2008James Bevel (1936-2008) - Blackpast

    Mar 31, 2011 · James Bevel was one of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most trusted advisors during the American Civil Rights campaigns of the mid-20th century. Bevel was born on October 19, 1936 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. During his childhood years, he resided in both Itta Bena and in Cleveland, Ohio working as a plantation laborer in the Mississippi town and as ...

  8. www.latimes.com › local › obituariesThe Rev. James L. Bevel dies at 72; civil rights activist and ...

    Dec 25, 2008 · Dec. 24, 2008 9:48 PM PT. Reporting from Washington — The Rev. James L. Bevel, a fiery top lieutenant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a force behind civil rights campaigns of the...

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  10. www.encyclopedia.com › james-l-bevelJames L. Bevel | Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 11, 2018 · History. Historians and Chronicles. Historians, Miscellaneous: Biographies. James L. Bevel. James Luther Bevel. views 1,945,956 updated Jun 11 2018. James Luther Bevel (born 1936) was a civil rights activist of the 1960s who aligned himself with Martin Luther King, Jr.

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