| LC control no. | n 93075862 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vivian, C. T. |
| Variant(s) | Vivian, Cordy Tindell, 1924-2020 |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee. |
| Located | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Birth date | 1924-07-30 |
| Death date | 2020-07-17 |
| Place of birth | Howard County (Mo.) |
| Field of activity | Civil rights |
| Affiliation | Western Illinois University American Baptist Theological Seminary Southern Christian Leadership Conference National Anti-Klan Network C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Civil rights workers |
| Found in | Challenge and change, c1993: t.p. (C.T. Vivian) p. 7 (Cordy Tindell Vivian; b. July 28, 1924 in Booneville, Missouri) LC database, 08-06-93 (hdg.: Vivian, C. T.) Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010: collection materials, Archive of Folk Culture (C. T. Vivian, Cordy Tindell Vivian; born 1924-07-30 in Howard County, MO, attended Western Illinois Univ. and the American Baptist College, Nashville, minister, author, involved in civil rights activism in Nashville, Illinois, Georgia, and elsewhere) Wikipedia, 31 March 2015 (C.T. Vivian; Cordy Tindell Vivian; born July 30, 1924 in Howard, Missouri; minister, author, close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the American Civil Rights Movement. Lives in Atlanta, Georgia; founder of the C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute) NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Res. Center for His Interview, 1968 Feb. 20 (C. T. Vivian; former staff member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)) African American National Biography, accessed April 03, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Vivian, Cordy Tindell; civil rights activist, Baptist clergy; born 30 July 1924 in Howard County, Missouri, United States; BA in history from Western Illinois University (1948); attended American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville, Tennessee (1955); was vice president of the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference (NCLC); served as Tennessee Chairman for the March on Washington (1963); became Director of Affiliates at SCLC; authored Black Power and the American Myth (1969); founded the National Anti-Klan Network and the Black Action Strategies and Information Center (BASIC) (1979); received Presidential Medal of Freedom) Casper Stae Tribune, viewed July 17, 2020 (C.T. Vivian ; Civil rights veteran ; dead at 95 ; died at home in Atlanta of natural causes Friday morning [July 17, 2020] ; Rev.) <https://trib.com/news/national/civil-rights-veteran-rev-c-t-vivian-dead-at-95/article_efe2838f-d579-5e9e-bfb8-62383a3ddee6.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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