Wyatt Tee Walker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wyatt Tee Walker

American civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1929

Place of Birth: Brockton, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jan-2018

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Wyatt Tee Walker (August 16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian.
He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King, Jr., and in 1958 became an early board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
He helped found a Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) chapter in 1958.
As executive director of the SCLC from 1960 to 1964, Walker helped to bring the group to national prominence. Walker started as pastor at historic Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, where he entered the Civil Rights Movement.
For 37 years Walker was senior pastor at Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, New York, where he also co-founded the Religious Action Network of Africa Action to oppose apartheid in South Africa, and chaired the Central Harlem Local Development Corporation.