Wade Watts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wade Watts

American civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: Kiamichi, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1998

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Wade Watts

  • Wade Watts (23 September 1919 – 13 December 1998) was an African-American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma.
  • He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through Christian love doctrine.
  • He worked with Thurgood Marshall and developed a friendship with Martin Luther King during the American civil rights movement, and has been cited as a mentor by the current leader of the NAACP in Oklahoma, Miller Newman, and his nephew, former congressman, J.
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