1937 - 2022
Charles Sherrod American Activist
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First Name |
Charles
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Last Name |
Sherrod
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Birthday |
30th November, 1936
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Died |
11th October, 2022
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Build |
Average
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Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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Ethnicity |
Black
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation Text |
Civil Rights Activist
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Occupation |
Activist
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Claim to Fame |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Charles Melvin Sherrod (January 2, 1937 – October 11, 2022) was a American minister and civil rights activist. He was born in Surry, Virginia and was raised by his Baptist grandmother. When he was a young boy he sang in a choir and attended Sunday school at a Baptist church. When he was older he became a preacher at Mount Olivet Baptist Church where he often preached to children. Sherrod first took part in the Civil Rights Movement after the Supreme Court desegregated schools in the Brown v. Board of Education case. In 1954, Sherrod first participated in sit-ins at white churches with the goal to desegregate them. He was a key member and organizer of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the Civil Rights Movement. He became the first SNCC field secretary and SNCC director of southwest Georgia. His leadership there led to the Albany Movement. He also participated in the Selma Voting Rights Movement and in many other arenas of the 1960s movement era. However, Sherrod's activism continued throughout his life through the Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education (SWGAP), New Communities, and as an Albany City Council Member. He is married to former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod (married in 1966), who assisted with the Albany Movement and with SWGAP. Together they had two children.
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