James Ray Wyatt was an American car dealerhttps://www.pellcitylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Muslims.pdf and state legislator in Alabama. He served in the

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and was a segregationist. He represented Alabama's Sixth Senatorial District. Wyatt owned a Ford dealership in

Pell City Pell City is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, other seat being Ashville. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,939. At the 2010 census, the city-limit population jumped to 12,695. It was hom ...

. He was involved in a land sale of property in northern

St. Clair County, Alabama St. Clair County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama."ACES Winston County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpageACES-St.Clair As of the 2020 census, the populatio ...

to Black Muslims that sparked controversy and protests. He was part of a lawsuit that sought to nullify the sale. There is a Ray Wyatt Road in

Ashville, Alabama Ashville is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, other seat being Pell City. Its population was 2,212 at the 2010 census, down from 2,260, at which time it was a town. It incorporated in 1822. Hist ...

in Saint Clair County.

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