Robert B. McNeill
Robert Blakely McNeill | |
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| Born | May 21, 1915 Birmingham Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 1975 (aged 60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Birmingham-Southern College Union Presbyterian Seminary University of Kentucky |
| Spouse |
Jeanne Lancaster (m. 1944) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Walter Patterson McNeill, Mary McLeod McNeill |
Rev. Robert B. McNeill (May 21, 1915 - July 15, 1975) was a Presbyterian minister who was the pastor of several southern churches in the 1940s to the 1960s. After writing an article in Look magazine, he was dismissed from his position as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Georgia, due to his views on race and racial segregation. Though McNeill was not the only southern pastor to be removed due to his views on segregation, the incident garnered a great deal of media attention and negative press for the south and the commission which dismissed him, especially because McNeill was a southerner himself.