Westley Wallace

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Westley Wallace Law (January 1, 1923 – July 29, 2002) was an American civil rights leader from Savannah, Georgia. He was president of the Savannah chapter of the NAACP, where he led his community and made great strides in desegregation through nonviolent resistance from 1950 to 1976. After his time with the NAACP W. W. Law spent much of the rest of his life advocating for African-American history and culture in Savannah. To this end he established the Savannah-Yamacraw Branch of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, the King-Tisdell Cottage Museum, the Beach Institute of African American Culture, and the Negro Heritage Trail Tour. One of his "Great Life Quotes" was: “We stand here as a result of a composite contribution.” "As he modestly stated to me personally: 'I was not a leader, but there were the events of my life that I was forced to confront, and it was those burdens forced upon me that led me into involvement; others then chose to label my recognition of accomplishment as inspiration.'" User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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