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Born in New York City s Harlem in 1935, Moses was an educator in the city before moving to Mississippi in the early 60s, becoming field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC.
Moses became a principal organizer of the Freedom Summer project in 1964 when hundred of northern college students joined with local Black Mississippians to register African American voters and promote civil rights throughout the state. Staff are saddened to hear of the death of Bob Moses, an American icon who left a tremendous legacy in Mississippi,” Mississippi Department of Archives and History Director Katie Blount said.
Civil rights icon and educator Robert Moses dies at 86 usatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.