C. Herbert Oliver

Reverend Claude Herbert Oliver (February 28, 1925 – November 30, 2021) was an American pastor and civil rights activist who was the secretary of the Birmingham Inter-Citizens Committee from 1960 to 1965.^[1][2]

The Reverend C. Herbert Oliver
Oliver speaks at an Impeach Nixon rally at Brooklyn College, April 17, 1974
Born	Claude Herbert Oliver (1925-02-28)February 28, 1925 Birmingham, Alabama
Died	November 30, 2021(2021-11-30) (aged 96)
Alma mater	Wheaton College
Notable work	No Flesh Shall Glory: How the Bible Destroys the Foundations of Racism

An ordained Orthodox Presbyterian Church minister, Oliver was a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois and Westminster Theological Seminary.^[3]

After seminary Oliver spent about seven years as pastor of the Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in northern Maine.^[4] In 1960, he returned to Birmingham and participated in the Birmingham campaign.

Birmingham campaign

Five days after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Oliver wrote a report on Birmingham in the form of a letter, speaking about the bombing and nineteen other incidents.^[5]