About Edwin T. Pratt
Lived 1930 – 1969 (aged 38). Edwin T. Pratt was an activist.
Edwin Thomas Pratt (December 6, 1930 – January 26, 1969) was an American activist during the Civil Rights Movement. At the time of his assassination in 1969, he was Executive Director of the Seattle Urban League.
Life Born in Miami, Florida, Pratt received his bachelor's degree from Clark College (Atlanta, Georgia) and his master's in social work from Atlanta University. He worked for the Urban League in Cleveland, Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri, before arriving in Seattle in 1956 to be the Seattle league's Community Relations Secretary. In 1961, he became the Executive Director of the Seattle Urban League. Among his achievements was the Triad Plan for the desegregation of the Seattle Public Schools; he also led an initiative for equal housing opportunities.
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Who was Edwin T. Pratt?
American civil rights activist (1930–1969)
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Edwin T. Pratt was born on 6 December 1930.
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Edwin T. Pratt died on 26 January 1969.
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Edwin T. Pratt was an activist.
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