T. J. Jemison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

T. J. Jemison

American clergyman and civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1918

Place of Birth: Selma, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 15-Nov-2013

Profession: civil rights advocate, religious servant

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Theodore Judson Jemison (August 1, 1918 – November 15, 2013), better known as T.
J.
Jemison, was the president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
from 1982 to 1994.
It is the largest African-American religious organization.
He oversaw the construction of the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the headquarters of his convention. In 1953, while minister of a large church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jemison helped lead the first civil rights boycott of segregated seating in public bus service.
The organization of free rides, coordinated by churches, was a model used later in 1955–1956 by the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama.
Jemison was one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. In 2003, the 50th anniversary of the Baton Rouge bus boycott was honored with three days of events in the city.
These were organized by a young resident born two decades after the action.