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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...
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...
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...
...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...
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...