Raymond T. Evans

Raymond T. Evans (August 13, 1933 – May 19, 1984) was a state legislator in Delaware. He served in the Delaware House of Representatives as a Republican from 1966 until 1968.

Biography Evans was born August 13, 1933, and graduated from the Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1952.

Evans declared that he would fast from April 23, 1968, until the Assembly took action on the problems facing the black community. He fasted for ten days on just liquids. He refused to change his vote and left the convention with the remaining delegates then recording all twelve votes for Nixon in his absence. Evans was not sure if the target was him or the businesses. He was running for the new 3rd district created that year. He served in this position until 1972 liaising between the mayors office and the black community.

Evans was the president of the board of trustees for a foundation that oversaw the setting up of the black cultural center in the Martin Luther King Center in Market Street, Wilmington.