Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)

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Robert W. Spike (1923-1966) was Director of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches and Professor of Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. A leader in mobilizing church involvement in the civil rights movement, Spike was murdered less than a year after assuming his post in Chicago.

From the guide to the Spike, Robert W. Papers, 1949-1966, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)

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Birth 1923-11-13

Death 1966

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