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- Robert_W._Spike abstract "Robert Warren Spike (born November 13, 1923 in Buffalo, NY), was an American clergyman, theologian, and civil rights leader.Educated at Denison University, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Spike began his career as pastor at the Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square in Greenwich Village in the late 1940s, reviving the social activism of this famous urban church. “The church became a place you could get help, whether you were from McDougal Street or the Bowery.” Neighborhood kids played basketball in the church’s ramshackle gym. Around 1958, the basement rooms of Judson House, a student residence on Thompson Street, was turned into a gallery where local artists like Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine had their first one-man shows.In 1958 Spike left his parish ministry to take on a national role as General Secretary of the United Church Board For Homeland Ministries. In 1963 he was appointed the Executive Director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, which became an important arm of the civil rights movement. Anna Arnold Hedgeman joined his staff as a Coordinator of Special Events. Through Spike’s efforts Protestant churches significantly participated in the March on Washington in August 1963. Spike wrote about his experiences in The Freedom Revolution and the Churches (1965). In January 1966 Spike took a position as Professor of Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Less than a year after assuming his post in Chicago, Spike was murdered on October 17, 1966, in Columbus, OH. No one was ever tried for his murder.Upon learning of Rev. Spike's death, Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as stating, "He was one of those rare individuals who sought at every point to make religion relevant to the social issues of our time. He lifted religion from the stagnant arena of pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities. His brilliant and dedicated work will be an inspiration to generals yet unborn. We will always remember his unswerving devotion to the legitimate aspirations of oppressed people for freedom and human dignity. It was my personal pleasure and sacred privilege to work closely with him in various undertakings."".
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- Robert_W._Spike comment "Robert Warren Spike (born November 13, 1923 in Buffalo, NY), was an American clergyman, theologian, and civil rights leader.Educated at Denison University, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Spike began his career as pastor at the Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square in Greenwich Village in the late 1940s, reviving the social activism of this famous urban church.".
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