Alexander Walters
American civil rights activist (1858–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bishop Alexander Walters (August 1, 1858 – February 2, 1917)[1] was an American clergyman and civil rights leader. Born enslaved in Bardstown, Kentucky, just before the Civil War, he rose to become a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church at the age of 33, then president of the National Afro-American Council, the nation's largest civil rights organization, at the age of 40, serving in that post for most of the next decade.[2]
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Alexander Walters | |
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Born | (1858-08-01)August 1, 1858 Bardstown, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | February 2, 1917(1917-02-02) (aged 58) New York, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Minister |
Political party | Democratic |
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Religion | AME Zion |
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