movement death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name organization
african-american civil rights movement savannah , georgia , u.s. 29 july 2002 savannah , georgia , u.s. 1 january 1923 w. w. law
 w. w. law * rights museum naacp * asalh * ralph mark gilbert civil
w. w. law

westley wallace law -lrb- january 1 , 1923 -- july 29 , 2002 -rrb- was a civil rights leader from savannah , georgia .
he was president of the savannah chapter of the naacp , where he led his community and made great strides in desegregation through nonviolent resistance from 1950 to 1976 .
after his time with the naacp w. w. law spent much of the rest of his life advocating for african-american history and culture in savannah .
to this end he established the savannah-yamacraw branch of the association for the study of afro-american life and history , the ralph mark gilbert civil rights museum , the king-tisdell cottage museum , the beach institute of african american culture , and the negro heritage trail tour .
