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C. Herbert Oliver
American pastor and civil rights activist (1925–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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.
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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]
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