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June 5, 2013

Preacher, Civil Rights Activist Rev. Will Campbell Dies at 88 
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Rebel preacher and activist, Reverend Will Campbell, has died at the age
of 88. Campbell was one of a small number of white clergyman who became
deeply involved in the civil rights movement beginning in the 1950s. He
took part in some of the struggle's key moments, attending the founding
of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and helping
escort nine black students to integrate a high school in Little Rock,
Arkansas months later. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said: "Brother
Will, as he was called by so many of us who knew him, made his own
indelible mark as a minister and social activist in service to
marginalized people of every race, creed and calling."

 

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