Alabama News
Alabama News Network is sad to report the death of longtime civil rights supporter Jeannie Graetz. She and her husband Rev. Robert Graetz were among the few white people who openly supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955.
Mrs. Graetz died at her home in Montgomery this morning at the age of 90. She had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.
She died less than three months after the death of her husband.
They had moved to Montgomery in 1955 when he came here to pastor a Black Lutheran congregation.
They were friends with Rosa Parks, but their support of the bus boycott led to their home being bombed twice. Later, they moved away from Montgomery, but returned in 2007.