Background
Parker, Everett Carlton was born on January 17, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Everett and Lillian (Stern) Parker.
Parker, Everett Carlton was born on January 17, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Everett and Lillian (Stern) Parker.
Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1935. Bachelor's Degree magna cum laude, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1943. Blatchford fellow, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1945.
Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1964. Doctor of Divinity, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1958. Doctor of Humane Letters, Fordham University, 1978.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Tougaloo College, 1987. Doctor of Laws, College St. Elizabeth, 2000.
Upon graduation in 1935, he spent a year with the Works Progress Administration, then another with the radio station WJBW. After returning to his hometown for a job as an advertiser, Parker enrolled at the Chicago Theological Seminary, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in 1943. He reentered the media world with a stint at National Broadcasting Company in New York, then taught at Yale Divinity School from 1945 to 1957. He filed a successful petition to deny licensing renewal of television station WLBT in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s.
The station had a poor record with regards to civil rights for African Americans.
Dozens of times both the Federal Communication Commission and United States Congress heard testimony by Parker concerning the maintenance of equal-time provisions and fairness in the broadcasting industry. Parker was also involved in film and television
He hosted the 30-minute religious television program Stained Glass Windows. lieutenant ran from 1948-1949 on the American Broadcasting Company Television network.
He produced Six American Families in 1977, a Public Broadcasting Service television series.
Each year, "Everett C Parker Lecture" takes place in Washington. The event is held to promote telecommunications equity and is sponsored by the Benton Foundation.
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Member of Star (New York City).
Married Geneva M. Jones, May 5, 1939. Children: Ruth A. (Mistress Peter Weiss), Eunice L. (Mistress George Kolczun, Junior), Truman E.