statement, titled "A Call for Unity," called the demonstrations "unwise and untimely," and argued that change should be pursued through negotiation and judicial action. This statement motivated Dr. King to write his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In his 1983 autobiography, Bishop Harmon referred to the letter as a "propaganda move," but also wrote that he "certainly gave [King] his due as a brave man fighting off ages of evil." In June 1963, Bishop Harmon spoke out after segregationist Governor George Wallace attempted to block the enrollment of black students at the University of Alabama, also known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door." Bishop Harmon read a public protest of Wallace's actions during an Annual Conference, calling them a "moral mistake" and adding that "the sovereignty of the United States [...] has been exerted to see that fundamental human rights are maintained in our state universities and state schools." His words were published in local newspapers. Bishop Harmon died June 1993, the first U.M. Bishop to live to be 100 or more since Bishop Herbert George Welch. He was also the oldest out of the eight white clergymen. Biography Harmon, Nolan Bailey, Ninety Years and Counting (autobiography) Selected writings Ministerial Ethics and Etiquette The Famous Case of Myra Clark Gaines General Editor, Encyclopedia of World Methodism, Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1974. General Editor, Interpreters Bible Understanding the Methodist Church Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church, 1948 The Pastors Ideal Funeral Manual The Encyclopedia of World Methodism, volume 1 The Encyclopedia of World Methodism, volume 2 The Organization of the Methodist Church: Historic Development and Present Working Structure See also List of bishops of the United Methodist Church References Nolan B. Harmon Papers, MSS 134, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church InfoServ, the official information service of The United Methodist Church. External links Nolan B. Harmon papers, 1933–1993 at Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology 1892 births 1993 deaths Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA) United Methodist bishops of the Southeastern Jurisdiction American Methodist bishops American centenarians Men centenarians 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American educators American encyclopedists 20th-century American memoirists American religion academics Emory University alumni Princeton University alumni Editors of Christian publications American historians of religion History of Christianity in the United States Candler School of Theology alumni 20th-century American