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Wyatt Tee Walker August 16, — January 23, was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr. As executive director of the SCLC from to , Walker helped to bring the group to national prominence.

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After earning his degree, in Walker was called as pastor at historic Gillfield Baptist Church , the second oldest black church in Petersburg, Virginia and one of the oldest in the nation. In his leadership for social justice and against segregation, he was arrested numerous times, the first for leading an African-American group into the "white" library in Petersburg.

His "flamboyant" and cheeky style was shown as he "caused a stir" by trying to "check out Douglas Southall Freeman 's admiring biography of Robert E. The city closed the park in rather than integrate. The park later reopened, but the city never operated the pool again. It developed strategies against segregation, including publicizing its activities.

This was achieved the year before the Freedom Riders arrived in Through these years Walker became increasingly close to Dr.