C. Herbert Oliver
Reverend C. Herbert Oliver | |
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| Born | Claude Herbert Oliver February 28, 1925 |
| Died | November 30, 2021 |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College |
| Notable work | No Flesh Shall Glory: How the Bible Destroys the Foundations of Racism |
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.
Birmingham campaign
[edit]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].
References
[edit]- ^ Roberts, Sam (December 11, 2021). "Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 96". The New York Times.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Rev. C. Herbert Oliver '47". Magazine.wheaton.edu. May 1, 2018.
- ^ "April 4 Today in OPC History: Herbert Oliver". opc.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ "Civil Rights Leader C. Herbert Oliver Recalls His Report on the Bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in 1963 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". www.gilderlehrman.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
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