Curtis W. Harris
Civil Rights Leader

Curtis W. Harris Net Worth

Curtis W. Harris was a prominent civil rights activist and minister born on July 1, 1924 in Dendron, VA. He was the former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Virginia chapter and dedicated his life to fighting for civil rights and social justice.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day July 1, 1924
Birth Place Dendron, VA
Age 96 YEARS OLD
Died On Dec 10, 2017 (age 93)
Birth Sign Cancer

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

Minister, civil rights Activist, and former President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Virginia chapter.

Before Fame

He became President of the Hopewell, Virginia chapter of the NAACP in 1950. In 1960, he organized a sit-in at a segregated drugstore and was arrested.

Trivia

He served as a Baptist pastor in several Virginia counties before retiring from the ministry in 2007. He also served as the first African-American mayor of the city of Hopewell, Virginia.

Family Life

He was born in Dendron, Virginia. He was married to Ruth Jones Harris for 65 years, until her death in 2011.

Associated With

He served on the national Board of Directors of the SCLC while Martin Luther King, Jr. was President of the organization. Harris and King also collaborated on the organization of such groundbreaking civil rights initiatives as the Selma to Montgomery marches.

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