Boyte Family

• 1945, April 26: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1963 - 1964 : Founder, Duke-Durham chapter of Congress of Racial Equality
• 1964 - 1965 : Field Secretary for Southern Christian Leadership Conference in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
• 1966, June 5: Married Sara Margaret Evans of McCormick, S.C.
• 1967: Received B.A. with distinction in Psychology from Duke University, Durham, NC
• 1967 - 1968 : Attended University of Chicago Divinity School
• 1968 - 1970 : Community organizer, Operation Breakthrough, Durham, N.C.
• 1970 - 1971 : Editor, ACTION newspaper
• 1971 - 1975 : Member of the founding body and National Interim Committee of the New American Movement
• 1976 - 1981 : Member of the National Board and Executive Committee of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
• 1977 - 1978 : Program advisor, Field Foundation
• 1978 - 1979 : United States correspondent, Tempo magazine
• 1980: Published The Backyard Revolution: Understanding the New Citizen Movement
• 1980 - 1981 : Senior Neighborhoods Policy Analyst, New Careers Training Laboratory, City University of New York
• 1981 - : Director, Citizen Heritage Center

Mr. Boyte, a freelance writer, has one son, Craig and one daughter, Rachel. He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles and books about left wing political and social concerns.

• 1911, June 26: Born Charlotte, N.C.
• 1936: Married first wife, who died the same year
• 1942 - 1944 : Served abroad as Assistant Field Director, then Field Director for American Red Cross Foreign Service
• 1944, Jan.: Married Janet Chatten in Evanston, Ill.
• 1944 - 1945 : Assistant Chief of Personnel Administration for Red Cross Service to U.S. Armed Forces in Washington, D.C.
• 1946: Executive Director of American Red Cross of Greater Atlanta
• 1948 - 1959 : Manager, Atlanta chapter of American Red Cross
• 1959 - 1962 : Involved with civil rights organizations in Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia
• 1962: Directed community relations project for school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Va., for American Friends Service Committee
• 1963 - 1965 : Employed as Special Assistant to Martin Luther King, Jr. for Southern Christian leadership Conference in Atlanta, Ga.
• 1965: Director of "Operation Dialogue" program for SCLC
• 1966: Employed as Technical Assistance Officer, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Atlanta, Ga.

Mr. Boyte is a member of the Society of Friends. He has one son, Harry Chatten Boyte, and one daughter.

From the guide to the Boyte Family Papers, 1941-1981, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)