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Abraham Woods
Not to be confused with Abraham Wood.
American civil rights leader
Abraham Lincoln Wood Jr. (October 7, 1928 – November 7, 2008) was an American civil rights leader, who helped coordinate the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and stood behind Martin Luther King Jr.
during his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.[1]
Early life
Woods was born on October 7, 1928, in Birmingham, Alabama.[2] He was one of 11 children born to his parents, Rev.
Abraham Woods Sr. and the former Maggie Wallace. He attended Morehouse College with Martin Luther King Jr., and later received a Bachelor of Theology at Birmingham Baptist College, a bachelor's degree in sociology at Miles College and a master's degree from the University of Alabama in American history.[3]
Civil rights movement
Woods had been pastor of the First Metropolitan Baptist Church in the early 1960s and led the St.
Joseph Baptist Church starting in 1967 as its pastor.[