Wyatt Tee Walker

WALKER, Wyatt Tee. b. Brockton, Massachusetts, 16 August 1929; d. Chester, Virginia USA, January 23, 2018. Prominent theologian, author, musician, and social activist, Walker holds the Bachelor of Science in chemistry and physics (1950), the Master of Divinity from Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia (1953), and a doctorate in African American studies from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, New York (1975). From 1953-60, Walker was pastor of Gillfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia; president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); state director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); and founder...