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Memorial service held for early civil rights supporter Jean Graetz


Memorial service held for early civil rights supporter Jean Graetz
Memorial service held in Montgomery for civil rights activist Jean Graetz
By WSFA Staff | January 24, 2021 at 5:11 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 6:23 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A memorial service was held in remembrance of civil rights pioneer Jean Graetz Sunday.
The service was held at the historic First Baptist Church in Montgomery.
Graetz graduated from Alabama State University at 85-years-old with a degree in education. ASU’s Janice Franklin said the university wishes to honor Graetz for her legacy.
“Mrs. Graetz had a very sweet, humble spirit. And she was a partner to her husband, Rev. Robert Graetz and just received everyone and worked quietly on behalf of equality for all,” Franklin said. ....

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Life of Civil Rights Pioneer Jean Graetz Remembered in Montgomery


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Jean Graetz with hustband, Rev. Robert Graetz Photo by David Campbell/ASU
The family of Jean Graetz, a nationally-known civil rights pioneer, held a virtual memorial service for her Sunday. Graetz died last month at her home in Montgomery at the age of 90.
The service can be seen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PHQ2oJfaJ2g
The service was held at Montgomery’s historic First Baptist Church (brick-a-day church), which played an important role during the early days of the civil rights movement as the home church of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, who joined Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. ....

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Memorial set for Jean Graetz, early civil rights supporter


Memorial set for Jean Graetz, early civil rights supporter
January 23, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this December 2005 file photo, Rev. Robert Graetz, second from left, and wife, Jeannie, sing along with Gladys Williams, right, on the Cleveland Avenue bus, during the walk of remembrance to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92. (Karen S. Doerr/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
FILE - In this December 2005 file photo, Rev. Robert Graetz, second from left, and wife, Jeannie, sing along with Gladys Williams, right, on the Cleveland Avenue bus, during the walk of remembrance to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92. (Karen S. Doerr/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) ....

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