JAMES BEVEL

Civil Rights Leaders
NAME OF PERSONDESCRIPTION
JAMES BEVELwas a minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As Director of Direct Action and of Nonviolent Education of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), he initiated, strategized, and developed SCLC’s three major successes needs independent confirmation] of the era the 1963 Birmingham Children’s Crusade, the 1965 Selma voting rights movement, and the 1966 Chicago open housing movement. He suggested that SCLC call for and join a March on Washington in 1963. Bevel strategized the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, which contributed to Congressional passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
NAME OF SITEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE
JAMES BEVEL BIRTHPLACEFARMHOUSEITTA BENAMISSISSPPI
MUSEUMCHILDRENS CRUSADE MEMORIALBIRMINGHAMALABAMA
DEATHPLACE PLACEHOSPICE HOUSESPRINGFIELDVIRGINIA
BURIAL PLACEPRIVATE CEMETRYEUTAWALABAMA
WELCOME TO ITA BENA
JAMES BEVEL BIRTHPLACE- THE FARMHOUSE USED TO BE THERE ITA BENA , MISSISSPPI
HOPWELL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH- MEETINGS WERE HELD HERE
AMERICAN BAPTIST LCOLLEGE
AMERICAN BAPTIST LCOLLEGE
AMERICAN BAPTIST LCOLLEGE
SCLC
BIRMINGHAM CRUSADE 1963
BIRMINGHAM CRUSADE 1963
SELMA MARCH EDMUND- 1965
SELMA MARCH EDMUND 1965
BEVEL STRATEGIZED THE 1965 SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES
BEVEL STRATEGIZED THE 1965 SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES
WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO CONGRESSIONAL PASSAGE OF THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT
1966 CHICAGO OPEN HOUSING MOVEMENT.
1966 CHICAGO OPEN HOUSING MOVEMENT.
HE SUGGESTED THAT SCLC CALL FOR AND JOIN A MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN 1963
HE SUGGESTED THAT SCLC CALL FOR AND JOIN A MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN 1963
BEVEL WORKED IN THE NASHVILLE STUDENT MOVEMENT,
BEVEL WORKED IN THE NASHVILLE STUDENT MOVEMENT,
1960 NASHVILLE LUNCH-COUNTER SIT-INS, THE 1961 OPEN THEATER MOVEMENT, AND RECRUITED STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THE 1961 FREEDOM RIDES AFTER THEY WERE ATTACKED.
1960 NASHVILLE LUNCH-COUNTER SIT-INS, THE 1961 OPEN THEATER MOVEMENT, AND RECRUITED STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THE 1961 FREEDOM RIDES AFTER THEY WERE ATTACKED.
HIS LAST MAJOR ACTION WAS AS CO-INITIATOR OF THE 1995 DAY OF ATONEMENT/MILLION MAN MARCH IN WASHINGTON, D.C
HIS LAST MAJOR ACTION WAS AS CO-INITIATOR OF THE 1995 DAY OF ATONEMENT/MILLION MAN MARCH IN WASHINGTON, D.C
POSSIBLY DIED IN THIS HOSPICE-GREENSPRING HOSPICE- CANCER
POSSIBLY DIED IN THIS HOSPICE-GREENSPRING HOSPICE-CANCER
POSSIBLY DIED IN THIS HOSPICE-GREENSPRING HOSPICE-CANCER
POSSIBLY DIED IN THIS HOSPICE-GREENSPRING HOSPICE-CANCER
JAMES BEVEL PRIVATE CEMETRY-
EUTAW ALABAMA
JAMES BEVEL PRIVATE CEMETRY-
EUTAW ALABAMA