He spoke in a Boston-accented monotone that barely rose above a whisper, hated personal attention, and was a brilliant Harvard-trained mathematician who quoted Albert Camus.
Bob Moses, who died this week at age 86, was an unconventional civil rights leader. He didn t energize crowds with fiery speeches, and wasn t known for leading marches, yet few leaders have inspired such veneration.
Moses helped put the Black struggle for voting rights on the national radar at a time when many judges, politicians, and ordinary Americans were indifferent to the issue. He was beaten numerous times and almost killed while registering Black voters in Mississippi in the 1960s. Still, he never gave up.
Bob Moses s heroic fight for voting rights should inspire today s movement, civil rights leaders say
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