C. Herbert Oliver

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Reverend
C. Herbert Oliver
Born
Claude Herbert Oliver

February 28, 1925
Birmingham, Alabama
DiedNovember 30, 2021
Alma materWheaton College
Notable workNo Flesh Shall Glory: How the Bible Destroys the Foundations of Racism

Reverend Claude Herbert Oliver (February 28, 1925 – November 30, 2021) was an American pastor and civil rights activist who was the secretary of the Birmingham Inter-Citizens Committee from 1960 to 1965.[1][2]

An ordained Orthodox Presbyterian Church minister, Oliver was a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois and Westminster Theological Seminary.[3]

After seminary Oliver spent about seven years as pastor of the Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in northern Maine.[4] In 1960, he returned to Birmingham and participated in the Birmingham campaign.

Birmingham campaign

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Five days after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Oliver wrote a report on Birmingham in the form of a letter, speaking about the bombing and nineteen other incidents.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Sam (December 11, 2021). "Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 96". The New York Times.
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  3. ^ "Rev. C. Herbert Oliver '47". Magazine.wheaton.edu. May 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "April 4 Today in OPC History: Herbert Oliver". opc.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  5. ^ "Civil Rights Leader C. Herbert Oliver Recalls His Report on the Bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in 1963 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". www.gilderlehrman.org. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
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