In his home state, Bevel created the SCLC Mississippi Project for voting rights in 1962. James Drury -- the star of the Western series, "The Virginian" -- has died. Death of James I - Philippa Gregory James Bevel - SNCC Digital Gateway SNCC Digital Gateway Naval Reserve in 1954 and 1955 before entering the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. He was convicted earlier this year of having sex 15 years ago with his then-teenage daughter in Virginia. That same year, Bevel and the other Nashville activists attended the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at Shaw University. James Bevel - Bhamwiki His brother - and we were all present, either on the phone or live. They, Nash, and others stayed in Mississippi to work on grassroots organizing. One of the things you said to me was that the healing growth and happiness that my family and I experienced need to be shared. Freedom's Ring: King's "I Have a Dream" Speech, King holds press conference on opening day of Youth Leadership Conference at Shaw University, King addresses Youth Leadership Conference in Raleigh. Bevel fought to desegregate downtown Birmingham stores, prompting police to respond with fire hoses and attack dogs against peaceful protesters. While in the Seminary, Bevel joined the Nashville chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), then led by the Reverend James Lawson. James Bevel, 1936-2008. All rights reserved (About Us). James Bevel (1936-2008) - BlackPast.org So, we can assess it based on the truth or the facts in the matter and not just conspiracy as my father had called. And unfortunately not all of us are able to see the abuse even things that are obvious. She shares . We will have a link to it on our website. That's a playboy talking to a prostitute," Bevel said on the witness stand shortly before he was sentenced. Bevel went on to become national director of the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam in 1967 and, the following year, joined King in the effort to win the Memphis sanitation workers strike. Yet when he died, disgraced after a conviction for incest in 2008 (the incident occurred in 1993, and Bevel said he was innocent), he was almost as unknown as he was in the 1960s.

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