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...find that his wife had taken it upon herself to get him a plane reservation. Eight other Chicago faculty members caught the first plane south; two came from Yale's divinity school and at least one from Harvard's. In nearby Roxbury, the Rev. James J. Reeb, whose work was largely with impoverished Negroes, decided that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Central Points | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

Tuesday night three white clergymen dined at a Negro restaurant in Selma. One of them was the Rev. James Reeb. Reeb, who was born in Casper, Wyo., was ordained a Presbyterian minister but converted to Unitarianism in 1959. A slight, energetic, hard-working man, father of four children, Reeb worked for four years at All Souls' Church in Washington, D.C., but he found parish work too limiting. "He had a great love for people and their needs," says a colleague, the Rev. William A. Wendt. "He could not have cared less about whether they were going to heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Central Points | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

Memorial services will be held today for the Rev. James Reeb at the Arlington Street Church at 355 Boylston St. The services will begin at 12:15 p.m. and will be conducted by the Rev. Jack Mendelson. Governor John A. Volpe and Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14 will attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reeb Services | 3/18/1965 | See Source »

...Sunday, the Congress of Racial Equality and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference plan to hold a rally in the Boston Common. There will be speeches by people just returned from Selma and a memorial service for the Rev. James J. Reeb. who died Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200 Students Stage Boston Sit-In To Urge Federal Action in Selma | 3/13/1965 | See Source »

Four or five white men assaulted Reeb and two fellow Unitarian ministers as they left a Negro cafe after attending a civil rights rally. His companions were not seriously hurt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Minister Dies From Selma Beating | 3/12/1965 | See Source »

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