James Bevel

James Luther Bevel was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education, Bevel initiated, strategized, 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.

19 October 1936

Born on the same birth date (19 October 1936): Tony Lo Bianco

Born on the same birth day (19 October): Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth • Divine (performer) • Emilio Eduardo Massera • Farid al-Atrash • George McCrae • Gerrard Winstanley • Heikki Kovalainen • Jean Dausset • Jostein Gulbrandsen • Karl Wallinger • Larry Chance • Mo Twister • Okan Buruk • Sam Allardyce • Shulü Ping • Todd Park Mohr

Born in the same month (October 1936): Akira Machida • Bill Wyman • Bobby Seale • Charlie Hurley • David Nelson (actor) • Hans Kraay Sr. • John Blashford-Snell • Jürg Schubiger • Martin Gilbert • Michael Landon • Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell • Santiago Navarro • Shelley Morrison • Steve Reich • Tony Lo Bianco