Glenn E. Smiley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Glenn E. Smiley

American clergyman

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1910

Place of Birth: Loraine, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1993

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Glenn Smiley (April 19, 1910 – September 14, 1993) was a white civil rights consultant and leader.
He closely studied the doctrine of Mahatma Gandhi and became convinced that racism and segregation were most likely to be overcome without the use of violence, and began studying and teaching peaceful tactics.
As an employee of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), he visited Martin Luther King, Jr.
in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956 during the Montgomery bus boycott where Smiley advised King and his associates on nonviolent tactics, and was able to convince King that nonviolence was a feasible solution to racial tension.
Smiley, together with Bayard Rustin and others, helped convince King and his associates that complete nonviolence and nonviolent direct action were the most effective methods and tools to use during protest.
After the Civil Rights Movement, Smiley continued to employ nonviolence and worked for several organizations promoting peace in South American countries.
Just three years before his 1993 death, Smiley opened the King Center in Los Angeles.