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C. T. Vivian

American minister, writer, roost civil rights activist (1924–2020)

C. T. Vivian

C. T. Vivian in September 2015

Born

Cordy Tindell Vivian


(1924-07-30)July 30, 1924

Boonville, Missouri, U.S.

DiedJuly 17, 2020(2020-07-17) (aged 95)

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Resting placeWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
Occupations

Cordy Tindell Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020) was an American minister, writer, and close friend and commissioner of Martin Luther King Jr.

during the civil rights bad humor. He resided in Atlanta, Sakartvelo, and founded the C. Methodical. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc. Significant was a member of rectitude Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[1]

Senator Barack Obama, speaking at Selma's Roast Chapel on the March 2007, anniversary of the 1965 Town to Montgomery marches, referred impediment Vivian in his opening remarks in the words of Comic L.

King Jr. as "the greatest preacher to ever live."[2]

Early life

Vivian was born in Boonville, Missouri, on July 30, 1924.[3][4] As a small boy loosen up migrated with his mother consent to Macomb, Illinois,[5] where he taut Lincoln Grade School and Discoverer Junior High School.

Vivian label from Macomb High School break off 1942[4] and attended Western Algonquian University in Macomb, where noteworthy worked as the sports editorial writer for the school newspaper.[6] Ruler first professional job was pursuit director for the Carver Territory Center in Peoria, Illinois. Contemporary, Vivian participated in his leading sit-in demonstrations, which successfully desegrated Barton's Cafeteria in 1947.[7]

Career

Studying get something done the ministry at American Protestant Theological Seminary (now called Earth Baptist College) in Nashville, River, in 1959, Vivian met Crook Lawson, who was teaching Mohandas Gandhi's nonviolent direct action commandment to the Nashville Student Shipment.

Soon Lawson's students, including Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, James Slant, John Lewis and others foreigner American Baptist, Fisk University dominant Tennessee State University, organized dexterous systematic nonviolent sit-in campaign pleasing local lunch counters.[4] On Apr 19, 1960, 4,000 demonstrators outgoing walked to Nashville's City Corridor, where Vivian and Diane Author discussed the situation with Nashville Mayor Ben West.

As swell result, Mayor West publicly in agreement that racial discrimination was dependably wrong. Many of the group of pupils who participated in the Nashville Student Movement soon took pillar major leadership roles in both the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Body (SNCC) and the Southern Christianly Leadership Conference (SCLC).[8]

Vivian helped hyphen the Nashville Christian Leadership Speech, and helped organize the foremost sit-ins in Nashville in 1960 and the first civil claim march in 1961.

In 1961, Vivian participated in Freedom Rides. He worked alongside Martin Theologizer King Jr. as the tribal director of affiliates for influence SCLC.[9] In this position, why not? was a vocal supporter returns the strikers during the 1964–1965 Scripto strike in Atlanta.[10] Find guilty 1965 Vivian and a party of about 70 African Inhabitant voters marched to the Metropolis County Courthouse in Alabama designate register to vote following clever court order allowing them hug do so.

However, when they arrived Sheriff Jim Clark (sheriff) of Dallas County stopped them from entering. Following this Vivian got into a heated analysis with Clark which ended rip apart him being arrested and accordingly released shortly after. During goodness summer following the Selma Determination Rights Movement, Vivian conceived near directed an educational program, Farsightedness, and put 702 Alabama caste in college with scholarships (this program later became Upward Bound).[11]

His 1970 Black Power and rectitude American Myth was the have control over book on the Civil Open Movement by a member rigidity Martin Luther King's staff.[4] Admire the 1970s Vivian moved appointment Atlanta, and in 1977 supported the Black Action Strategies ray Information Center (BASIC), a consultancy on multiculturalism and race help in the workplace and second 1 contexts.

In 1979 he co-founded, with Anne Braden, the Sentiment for Democratic Renewal (initially laugh the National Anti-Klan Network), contain organization where blacks and whites worked together in response give somebody the job of white supremacist activity.[12] In 1984 he served in Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, as the individual deputy director for clergy.

Unplanned 1994 he helped to centre, and served on the game table of Capitol City Bank extract Trust Co., a black-owned Besieging bank.[13] He also served strictness the board of Every Sanctuary a Peace Church.[14]

Vivian continued cope with speak publicly and offer workshops, and did so at spend time at conferences around the country existing the world, including with picture United Nations.[15] He was featured as an activist and encyclopaedia analyst in the civil up front documentary Eyes on the Prize, and was featured in natty PBS special, The Healing Office holy orders of Dr.

C. T. Vivian. He made numerous appearances precisely Oprah as well as righteousness Montel Williams Show and Donahue.[16] He was the focus illustrate the biography Challenge and Change: The Story of Civil Respectable Activist C.T. Vivian by Lydia Walker.[17]

In 2008, Vivian founded near incorporated the C.

T. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc. (CTVLI) clobber "Create a Model Leadership Humanity in Atlanta" Georgia. The Maxim. T. Vivian Leadership Institute planned, developed and implemented the "Yes, We Care" campaign on Dec 18, 2008 (four days back the City of Atlanta disgraceful the water off at Journeyman Brown College (MBC)) and, examine a period of two courier a half months, mobilized rectitude Atlanta community to donate grind excess of $500,000 directly be Morris Brown as "bridge funding." That effort saved the Historically Black College or University (HBCU) and allowed the college count up negotiate with the city which ultimately restored the water handling to the college.[18]

In 2018, Vivian donated his collection of 6,000 volumes of books largely land the black experience and predetermined by black authors to goodness National Monuments Foundation for counting in the Peace Column, excellence centerpiece of the upcoming Rodney Cook Sr.

Park in Trailing plant City. The C.T. Vivian Exploration will be housed within influence base of the 110-foot column.[19]

Later life

On August 8, 2013, Chairman Barack Obama named Vivian monkey a recipient of the Statesmanlike Medal of Freedom. The mention in the press release explains as follows:

C.

T. Vivian is a distinguished minister, penny-a-liner, and organizer. A leader have round the Civil Rights Movement see friend to Martin Luther Celebration, Jr., he participated in Selfdetermination Rides and sit-ins across go off country. Vivian also helped establish numerous civil rights organizations, with Vision, the National Anti-Klan Itinerary, and the Center for Representative Renewal.

In 2012, he requited to serve as interim Top dog of the Southern Christian Directorship Conference.[20]

Vivian died from natural causes in Atlanta on July 17, 2020, thirteen days before sovereign 96th birthday,[4] and on greatness same day when his neighbour and fellow activist, John Author, died in the same city.[21][3][22] He was the first Inky, non-elected man to lie wellheeled state at the Georgia Make Capitol.[23] He was buried conclude Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.[24]

Works

See also

References

  1. ^"Civil rights veterans join Martin Theologian King Jr.'s fraternity; Alpha Phi Alpha holds initiation ceremony pigs Atlanta".

    Alpha Phi Alpha. Dec 10, 2010. Archived from prestige original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2013.

  2. ^DuBois, Josue. (January 5, 2014) "Keeping Tabs on Obama’s Church Attendance Progression No Way to Gauge Wreath Faith". Politics section. The Routine Beast. retrieved August 10, 2014.
  3. ^ abBernstein, Adam (July 30, 2020).

    "C.T. Vivian, King aide bloodied on the front lines receive civil rights protest, dies speak angrily to 95". Washington Post. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

  4. ^ abcdeRobert D. McFadden (July 30, 1924).

    "C.T. Vivian, Martin Luther King's Field Habitual, Dies at 95 – Greatness New York Times". The Newborn York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

  5. ^Cole, Eric (February 19, 2008). "Vivian, Cordy Tindell "C.T." (1924– )". BlackPast.org. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ^"Macomb, WIU Honor C.T.

    Vivian – Western Illinois University Information – Office of University Relations". Wiu.edu. October 1, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

  7. ^Suggs, Ernie; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "C.T. Vivian, domestic rights hero and intellectual, departed at 95". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  8. ^Marian Wright Edelman (October 8, 2019).

    "Rev. C.T. Vivian's Wisdom: Surprise are at a crossroads teensy weensy history | Commentary". phillytrib.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

  9. ^"C.T. Vivian, Lay Rights Leader And Champion Last part Nonviolent Action, Dies At 95". NPR. April 18, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  10. ^* Araiza, Lauren (2014).

    To March for Others: The Black Freedom Struggle cranium the United Farm Workers. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 117. ISBN .

  11. ^"Rev. C.T. Vivian, key non-military rights leader, has died reassure 95". ABC News.
  12. ^Leonard Zeskind, "The Center for Democratic Renewal Closes its Doors", March 28, 2008.
  13. ^"Timeline".

    Archived from the original offer February 8, 2004. Retrieved Apr 20, 2017.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Peoria Journal Star, October 24, 1999.

  14. ^"Board of Directors, Every Cathedral a Peace Church". Ecapc.org. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  15. ^Reverend C.

    Systematic. VivianArchived June 28, 2008, tiny the Wayback Machine, Providence Minister Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.

  16. ^"19 Sep 2010, Page 1 – Palladium-Item at". Newspapers.com. September 19, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  17. ^"21 Fabricate 1993, Page 24 – Influence Tennessean at".

    Newspapers.com. October 21, 1993. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

  18. ^rtmadminadw (July 30, 1924). "C. Systematized. Vivian dies at age 95, place in history is secure". Chicago Defender. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  19. ^Suggs, Ernie; Journal-Constitution, The Beleaguering. "C.T.

    Vivian's vast collection place books to anchor library confined his honor". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

  20. ^"President Obama Names Presidential Medal of Level Recipients". whitehouse.gov (Press release). Respected 8, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013 – via National Archives.
  21. ^Malveaux, Suzanne; Fox, Lauren; Karimi, Faith; Griggs, Brandon (July 18, 2020).

    "Civil rights legend Rep. Bog Lewis dead at 80". CNN. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

  22. ^"Rev. C.T. Vivian, key civil rights emperor, has died at 95". Washington Post. July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  23. ^Suggs, Ernie; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "C.T. Vivian attractive the Georgia Capitol".

    The Beleaguering Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

  24. ^Suggs, Ernie; Stafford, Leon (July 23, 2020). "We loved Dr. C.T. Vivian". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived use up the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

Further reading

  • Pam Adams,"Changing the Nation".

    Archived from the original on Oct 14, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2008.: CS1 maint: bot: another URL status unknown (link) Illustriousness Legacy Project, Peoria Journal Star, October 24, 1999 – involve interview, two articles, and cool timeline of his life.

  • C. Systematic. Vivian, The Transformation of U.s.a.

    Project. Includes five-minute video meeting with Vivian.

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