Ray Wyatt

{{short description|American car dealer and state legislator}}

James Ray Wyatt was an American car dealer{{cite web|url=https://www.pellcitylibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Muslims.pdf|title=Muslims|access-date=2023-09-15}} and state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama Senate and was a segregationist.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pkOAQAAMAAJ&q=j.+ray+wyatt+pell+city | title=Jet | year=1970 | publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }} He represented Alabama's Sixth Senatorial District.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doY3AAAAIAAJ&q=ray+wyatt+saint+clair | title=Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama | year=1961 | publisher=J. Boardman }}

Wyatt owned a Ford dealership in Pell City.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjkDAAAAMBAJ&dq=ray+wyatt+alabama&pg=PA18 | title=Jet | publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }} He was involved in a land sale of property in northern St. Clair County, Alabama to Black Muslims that sparked controversy and protests.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=ray+wyatt+alabama&hl=en-US&tbm=bks |title=Ray Wyatt books|access-date=2023-09-15}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdzjAAAAMAAJ&q=james+ray+wyatt+pell+city | title=Newsweek | year=1970 | publisher=Newsweek }} He was part of a lawsuit that sought to nullify the sale.{{cite web | url=https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/supreme-court/1974/293-so-2d-288-1.html | title=Wyatt v. Riley }}

There is a Ray Wyatt Road in Ashville, Alabama in Saint Clair County.