James Reeb
Deceased Person
1927 – 1965
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Who was James Reeb?
James Reeb was an American Unitarian Universalist minister from Boston, Massachusetts, and a pastor and civil rights activist in Washington, D.C. While marching for civil rights in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, he was beaten severely by white segregationists and died of head injuries two days later in the hospital. He was 38 years old.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1927
Wichita - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- St. Olaf College
- Lived in
- Boston
- Wichita
- Died
- Mar 11, 1965
Birmingham
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on July 23, 2013
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