In a celebration fit for a king, Bishop Calvin Wallace Woods Sr. on Saturday, August 23, was remembered as a man of God who never wavered in the fight for justice and whose ministry expanded far beyond the pulpit.
For decades, Mr. Woods was one of Birmingham’s leading voices for equality, working alongside some of the Civil Rights Movement’s most influential leaders, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He carried that passion up until he passed on August 15 at the age of 91. He would have turned 92 on September 13.
During the Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Bishop Woods, the sanctuary at Sardis Baptist Church in West Birmingham was filled with his immediate and extended family, current and former elected officials, and more than 100 clergy from across the Southeast…