Stephen Spottswood | |
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Chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | |
In office 1961โ1975 | |
Preceded by | Robert C. Weaver |
Succeeded by | Margaret Bush Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen Gill Spottswood July 18, 1897 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 2, 1974 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Education | Albright College (BA) Gordon College (ThB) Yale University (DDiv) |
Stephen Gill Spottswood (July 18, 1897 โ December 2, 1974)[1] was a religious leader and civil rights activist known for his work as bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ) and chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Bishop Spottswood's papers are currently archived at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University (not Dillard University).