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Originally published on July 25, 2021 5:12 pm
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
Moses, who was widely referred to as Bob, worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 Freedom Summer in which hundreds of students went to the South to register voters.
Moses started his second chapter in civil rights work by founding in 1982 the Algebra Project thanks to a MacArthur Fellowship. The project included a curriculum Moses developed to help struggling students succeed in math.
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In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo shows Robert Bob Moses answering questions about Freedom Summer in 1964 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 “Freedom Summer” in which hundreds of students went to the South to register voters.
Robert Moses, 1960s civil rights activist, dies at 86 Share Updated: 8:00 PM EDT Jul 25, 2021 By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
Robert Moses, 1960s civil rights activist, dies at 86 Share Updated: 8:00 PM EDT Jul 25, 2021
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Official: 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died
Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement. Author: REBECCA SANTANA (Associated Press) Published: 3:08 PM CDT July 25, 2021 Updated: 3:08 PM CDT July 25, 2021
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 “Freedom Summer” in which hundreds of students went to the South to register voters.
Robert Moses, 1960s civil rights activist, dies at 86
By Rebecca Santana
Civil rights activist Robert Moses passes away at 86
Robert Parris Moses, the civil rights activist who rose to prominence in the 1960s, passed away on July 25 at the age of 86.
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 Freedom Summer in which hundreds of students went to the South to register voters.