AfricanAmerican civil rights activist
Olive F. Wiley (née Thomas) (July 12, 1902 - July 1993)[1][2] was an African American civil rights activist and education administrator born in Warwick, Rhode Island. Wiley was a founder and president of the Mt. Hope Day Care (now Mount Hope YMCA Child Care Center).[3] She met her husband William Wiley (editor), in Providence, Rhode Island in 1921, and they were married in 1925.[4]
In 1985, Olive and William Wiley were jointly inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.[5][2]
Her son was civil rights activist George Alvin Wiley, and her granddaughter is civil rights activist Maya Wiley.
References
- ^ "Olive F Wiley". Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: William D. & Olive F. Wiley, Inducted 1985". www.riheritagehalloffame.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "Mt. Hope Center Plans Workshop". Providence Journal. 19 April 1970. p. 290. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Kotz, Nick. (1977). A passion for equality : George A. Wiley and the movement. Kotz, Mary Lynn (1st ed.). New York: Norton. ISBN 0393075176. OCLC 2966889.
- ^ "Olive F. Wiley". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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