Bruce W. Klunder

Deceased Person

– 1964

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Who was Bruce W. Klunder?

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was a white Presbyterian minister and civil right activist, born in Oregon. He died when he was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio. Klunder graduated from Yale University Divinity School and then went to Cleveland in 1961 as assistant executive secretary of the Student Christian Union at Western Reserve University. He quickly became involved the city's civil rights fight. He had a passionate interest in civil rights, headed the local chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality, and led a restaurant sit-in in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1962. He was married, with two young children.

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Also known as
  • Bruce Klunder
Education
  • Oregon State University
Died
Apr 7, 1964

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on July 23, 2013

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