Birth Name:

James Bevel

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Oct 19, 1936

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States

Age:

87

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

26°

Lib

8'

About James Bevel

James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was a minister and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As the Director of Direct Action and of Nonviolent Education of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), he initiated, strategized, directed, and developed SCLC's three major successes of the era: the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade, the 1965 Selma voting rights movement, and the 1966 Chicago open housing movement. He suggested that SCLC call for and join a March on Washington in 1963. Bevel strategized the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, which contributed to Congressional passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• James Bevel profile, The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute

• Statements by Rev. James L. Bevel, The Freedom Rides (see request for download at bottom of page). From the Helen L. Bevel Archives.

• SNCC Digital Gateway: James Bevel, Documentary website created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University, telling the story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and grassroots organizing from the inside-out

• Appearances on C-SPAN

• Washington Post "A Father's Shadow" Les Carpenter; May 25, 2008

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for James Bevel: Sun 26 Libra, Moon 12 Sagittarius, Mercury 8 Libra, Venus 25 Scorpio, Mars 14 Virgo, Jupiter 21 Sagittarius, Saturn 16 Pisces, Uranus 8 Taurus, Neptune 17 Virgo, Pluto 28 Cancer, Mercury Quincunx Uranus, Sun Square Pluto, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Opposition Saturn, Mars Conjunct Neptune, Mars Semi Square Pluto, Jupiter Square Saturn, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Square Neptune, Saturn Opposition Neptune, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Pluto

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