W. S. McIntosh

Infobox revolution biography
name = William Sumpter McIntosh
lived = 1921 – 1974
dateofbirth = February 2 1921|
placeofbirth =
dateofdeath = death date and age|1974|3|4|1921|2|2
placeofdeath = Dayton, Ohio, USA


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alternate name = W. S. McIntosh; Sumpter McIntosh
movement = African-American Civil Rights Movement
organizations = Congress of Racial Equality
monuments =
prizes = In 1960, William Sumpter "W. S." McIntosh went to Atlanta, Georgia to observe the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and on February 26 1961, he led one of the first major civil rights protests in the Dayton, Ohio community [ [http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/02/01/ddn020207mcintosh.html DaytonDailyNews: Dayton, Ohio, news and information ] ] . He challenged segregation in Dayton before the civil rights movement gained attention nationally. W. Sumpter McIntosh tried negotiation first. If that didn't work, he roused blacks to push for their rights by picketing, sit-ins and boycotts. He utilized nonviolent methods to fight for the rights of minorities to work at Rike's department store , Liberal supermarket, and other establishments in the Dayton area.

McIntosh organized community groups and was the exectuive director of the Dayton chapter ot the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.).

On March 4 1974, McIntosh was shot in the heart and killed by Calvin Farmer [cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/news/1999/farmer111399.html|title=A killer's journey: Now he's a lawyer|author=Kimball Perry|first=Kimball|last=Perry|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=1999-11-13|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050118222646/http://www.cincypost.com/news/1999/farmer111399.html|archivedate=2005-01-18] outside his family-owned store while trying to prevent a robbery at a jewelry store in downtown Dayton.

Recognition

In recognition of W. S. McIntosh's heroic efforts and civic responsibility, the City of Dayton has named a park in his honor- W. S. McIntosh Park. Dayton community and University of Dayton leaders offered a public salute to W. S. McIntosh in June 2007 at the Dayton Cultural and RTA Center. In conjunction with the University of Dayton, they sponsor a scholarship for minority students who reside in the city of Dayton. This scholarship, the W. S. McIntosh Memorial Leadership Award, covers tuition, fees, and room and board while the student is attending the University of Dayton for eight semesters and is awarded to one student each year.

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NAME= McIntosh, William Sumpter
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DATE OF BIRTH= February 2, 1921
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DATE OF DEATH= 1974-3-4
PLACE OF DEATH= Dayton, Ohio, USA