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James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts.
James Reeb, a white Unitarian minister, became nationally known as a martyr to the civil rights cause when he died on 11 March 1965, in Selma, Alabama, after being attacked by a group of white supremacists.
14 de may. de 2019 · In 1965, civil rights supporter James Reeb, a white Unitarian minister, was murdered in Selma, Ala. Three men were arrested, tried and acquitted. No one was ever held to account.
9 de jul. de 2019 · The complete story of who and what killed the Rev. James Reeb is told in NPR's podcast White Lies. To explore a visual narrative of the story — plus photos, research and evidence behind NPR's...
The Rev. James Reeb was a white Unitarian Universalist minister who worked with poor people in Boston. Although he was married and had four young children, he answered the call of Dr. Martin Luther King for clergy to come to Selma, Alabama, to protest violence by state troopers against civil rights marchers. On March 9, 1965, Reeb and two other ...
On March 9, 1965, James Reeb, a 38-year-old white Unitarian minister and civil rights activist who lived in Boston, Massachusetts, was in Selma, Alabama, to take part in a march led by Dr. Martin...
Reverend James Reeb — social worker, Unitarian Universalist minister, and father of four — was severely beaten by a group of white men in Selma on March 9, 1965 and died two days later on March 11. Reeb had traveled to Selma to support the Civil Rights Movement following Bloody Sunday. Continue reading in the Encyclopedia of Alabama.
