Bruce W. Klunder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bruce W. Klunder

Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1937

Place of Birth: Greeley, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1964

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Bruce W. Klunder

  • Reverend Bruce W.
  • Klunder (July 12, 1937 – April 7, 1964) was a Presbyterian minister and civil right activist, born in Colorado.
  • He died when he was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Klunder graduated from Yale Divinity School and then went to Cleveland in 1961 as assistant executive secretary of the Student Christian Union at Western Reserve University.
  • He quickly became involved in the city's civil rights fight.
  • He had a passionate interest in civil rights, headed the local chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and led a restaurant sit-in in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1962.
  • He was married, with two young children.

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