Hunter, Robert F. B., 1935-
Biography:
Robert Fulton Boyd Hunter is the former record of the Church of the Atonement Episcopal congregation in Washington, D.C. In 1961, when he was rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, he was struck during a March civil rights demonstration in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1966 he and Albert Dreisbach, members of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, participated in a ninety-eight hour fast to protest the continued segregation of Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- Compilation of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commenting on the continued segregation of the Lovett School as well as his return from the Nobel Peace Prize trip, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964 December and 1966 June (moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commenting on the continued segregation of the Lovett School as well as his return from the Nobel Peace Prize trip, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964 December and 1966 June (news)