Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, civil rights activist, dies at 96
Known for role in 1968 Teachers’ Strike
The Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist who documented police brutality against African Americans in Alabama in the early 1960s and later fought for public school reform in New York City, has died. He was 96.
Oliver died Nov. 30 after struggling with several health problems, his daughter, Patrice Oliver, said at his funeral in Brooklyn on Wednesday, according to an online video of the service. Oliver’s relatives could not be reached Saturday.
Oliver was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on Feb. 28, 1925.