Walker, Wyatt Tee

Authoritative Name:
Walker, Wyatt Tee
Biography:
Wyatt Tee Walker (born 1929) is a United States black civil rights leader. He helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957. He was the third executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1960 and 1964 after John L. Tilley (1957-1959) and Ella Baker (1958-1960). He is now pastor emeritus of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem, New York.
Associated Subjects:
Walker, Wyatt Tee
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

47 items in 15 collections (expand all)

African American men holding hands and forming a line across a street, perhaps attempting to discourage rioters after the bombing of the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:
1963-05-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

African American men in front of J. D.'s Grocery after the bombing of the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Dean, Norman
Date of Original:
1963-05-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy at a press conference at the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Self, Tom
Date of Original:
1963-05-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy at a press conference at the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Self, Tom
Date of Original:
1963-05-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy at a press conference at the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Self, Tom
Date of Original:
1963-05-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy holding a press conference at the Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Self, Tom
Date of Original:
1963-05-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Lyndon B. Johnson and Lee White : Audio Recording

Date of Original:
1964-06-16
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Wyatt Tee Walker (1929- )

Creator:
Lawing, Charlie
Date of Original:
1929/2011
Collection:
Encyclopedia Virginia
Contributing Institution:
Virginia Humanities

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Rally (Canton) - correspondence and memoranda, 1964 October 3 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 41)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, January 1964-June 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 1-4)

Creator:
Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 6)

Creator:
Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Wyatt Tee Walker

Creator:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Sheriff's Dept.
Date of Original:
1961-05-25
Collection:
Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King, Jr., standing at the podium before an audience during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King, Jr., standing at the podium before an audience during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Wyatt Tee Walker speaking to an audience during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Wyatt Tee Walker speaking to an audience during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Wyatt Tee Walker speaking to an audience during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-11
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

32-1 Fundraising dinner program, 1966 January 29, page 1

Creator:
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:
1966-01-29
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

9-1 Richard L Aukema letter, page 1

Creator:
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:
1966-01-04
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

King in Albany

Creator:
WALB (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Albany Movement lawyers at the Federal Building in Atlanta, Georgia and of a mass meeting protesting the conviction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy in Shiloh Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962-07-01
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leaving the Georgia State Prison in the company of Donald Hollowell, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Wyatt T. Walker, Reidsville, Georgia, 1960 October 27

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1960-10-27
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responding to charges of communist influence in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 July 26

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963-07-26
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a mass meeting as well as a civil rights march and the arrest of marchers in Albany, Georgia, 1961 December

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1961-12-00
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Wyatt T. Walker, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and an unidentified young man speaking at a mass meeting, Augusta, Georgia, 1962 April 3

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962-04-03
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a civil rights march and resulting arrest; civil rights preachers and local officials speaking at mass meetings; groups of Albany city officials as well as civil rights leaders entering the federal courthouse; and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy at a press conference in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962-07-01
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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3-1 Freedom School information draft, page 1

Creator:
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:
1966
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Lola Hendricks

Date of Original:
1940/1964
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation

Veterans of Hope Project

Date of Original:
1990/9999
Collection:
Veterans of Hope Project
Contributing Institution:
Veterans of Hope Project