Background
Wilmore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a mother who was a domestic worker and a father who was an office clerk. His father, a World War I veteran, founded the first Black American Legion Post in the state of Pennsylvania.
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Gayraud Stephen Wilmore (born December 20, 1921) is a writer, historian, ethicist, educator, and theologian. He is known for his role in The Civil Rights Movement and his scholarship related to the history of the African-American church and the history of African-American religious experience, as well as his contributions to black theology.
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Wilmore was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a mother who was a domestic worker and a father who was an office clerk. His father, a World War I veteran, founded the first Black American Legion Post in the state of Pennsylvania.
Bachelor, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1947. Bachelor's Degree, Lincoln Theological Seminary, 1950. Master of Sacred Theology, Temple University, 1952.
Master of Sacred Theology, Lincoln College, Illinois, 1958. Master of Sacred Theology, Tusculum College, 1960. Master of Sacred Theology, General Theological Seminary, 1988.
Master of Sacred Theology, Payne Theological Seminary, 1989. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1991.
He is known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement and his scholarship related to the history of the African-American church and the history of African-American religious experience, as well as his contributions to black theology. In high school Wilmore was active in drama club, wrote for the school newspaper, and briefly joined the Young Communist League before graduating in 1938. After high school he enrolled at Lincoln University, but was soon drafted into the United States Army.
As a Buffalo Soldier, he served with the all-black 92nd Infantry division in Italy.
He would serve that congregation for three years. He began his first serious work related to civil rights when he was appointed to the PCUSA"s Board of Christian Education"s Department of Social Education and Action.
He became an associate executive on the board, holding the position for five years. In 1963 when the 175th General Assembly of the UPCUSA convened they created The Commission on Religion and Race, naming Wilmore as its executive director
During his time as executive director, he oversaw several racial justice initiatives, organized protests, and trained ministers to participate in boycotts.
He served as executive director from 1962 until 1972. Upon his retirement from the commission he joined the faculty at Boston University School of Theology, teaching social ethics there from 1972 until 1974. He then taught at Colgate Rochester Divinity School from 1974 until 1983, before joining New York Theological Seminary, where he served as dean of divinity until 1987.
He moved again to teach church history at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also became editor of the school"s theology journal.
He remained at the school for five years before joining the faculty of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio as an adjunct professor from 1995 until 1998.
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Sergeant infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member Society for Study Black Religon, Ecumenical Association Third World Theologians, Society for Study Black Religion (past president), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), Alpha Phi Alpha.
Married Lee Wilson, May 26, 1944. Children: Stephen, Jacques, Roberta, David.