Wyatt Tee Walker

Wyatt Tee Walker (August 16, 1929 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. 

Walker served as a chief of staff for Martin Luther King, Jr.. In 1958,Walker 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 died on January 23, 2018, at his home in Chester, Virginia. He was 88.

References

Other websites
 "Wyatt Tee Walker" , King Encyclopedia, Stanford University
Wyatt Walker's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project

Category:1929 births
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Category:American civil rights activists
Category:American theologians
Category:American historians
Category:American Christians
Category:Writers from Massachusetts
Category:People from Brockton, Massachusetts