E. E. Cleveland

Divisions Edward Earl Cleveland (March 11, 1921 – August 30, 2009) was an American writer, civil rights advocate and evangelist of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

[5] He was a Seventh-day Adventist church pioneer of the concept of evangelism in large cities and held national campaigns before satellite technology become common.

He participated in the first March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and secured an 18-wheel tractor-trailer that served as a supply base for blankets and clothing.

[5] He was a member of the Washington, D.C., branch of the Organizing Committee of the Poor People's Campaign of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference dating back to 1968.

[5] Cleveland was the first African American church leader sent to Asia (excluding India), Europe, South America and Australia.

On February 25, 1993, Cleveland was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. collegium of preachers and scholars at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

In November 2007 Cleveland donated his collection of personal manuscripts, sermons and papers to the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University.

This collection of nearly 2000 sermon manuscripts, hundreds of pictures, personal books and audio-visual materials has been termed "priceless" and is available to researchers.