Wade Watts
Wade Watts | |
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| President of the Oklahoma N.A.A.C.P. | |
| In office 1968–1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1919 Kiamichi, Oklahoma |
| Died | 13 December 1998 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Preacher, Civil Rights Activist |
Wade Watts (23 September 1919 – 13 December 1998) was an American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma. He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through Christian love doctrine. He worked with Thurgood Marshall and developed a friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. during the American civil rights movement, and has been cited as a mentor by the current leader of the NAACP in Oklahoma, Miller Newman, and his nephew, former congressman, J. C. Watts.