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Legendary Civil Rights organizer Bob Moses, an “organizer’s organizer,” died today. After his work in the Civil Rights Movement, he founded The Algebra Project.
Here are some places to learn about his life:
Bob Moses, Crusader for Civil Rights and Math Education, Dies at 86 is from The NY Times.
Robert Moses, civil rights activist and education advocate, has died at 86 is from NBC News.
Biography tracks evolution of Robert Parris Moses’ civil rights leadership is from The Chicago Tribune.
Bob Moses, 1960s civil rights leader who saw math as road to equality, dies at 86 is from The Washington Post.
Bob Moses saw math as the path to equality. School systems should build upon his work. is from The Washington Post.
Robert P. Moses is from American Radio Works.
LDF mourns the loss of legendary civil rights leader Robert P. Moses, who has passed away at the age of 86. The former @SNCC60th Field Secretary, he was the architect of the 1964 voter registration Mississippi Summer Project.
Learn more: https://t.co/rf9dlVm7lz pic.twitter.com/A5Z4IqEu9V
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) July 25, 2021
The movie “Freedom Song” was inspired by his life:
Rest In Peace to Bob Moses, a powerhouse of compassion and action. He was the person I most enjoyed learning about while drawing March, and I’ve kept his example in my heart since. pic.twitter.com/BupaXumhXW
— Nate Powell (@Nate_Powell_Art) July 25, 2021
“When people asked what to do, he asked them what they thought. At meetings, he usually sat in the back and spoke last. He slept on floors, wore overalls, shared the risks, took the blows, he dug in deeply.” – Tom Hayden on Bob Moses, who has journeyed home and who loved us so. pic.twitter.com/xOYioFKHmO
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 25, 2021
Great @NPRCodeSwitch episode on Bob Moses.
“What I would like to see happen in this country in my lifetime is the next generation get ready to launch the next lurch forward.”- Moseshttps://t.co/9b2b9j7yo0
— Selena (@SelenaCarrion) July 25, 2021
Bob Moses gave us so much. Grateful for his life and his work. https://t.co/afDH2Akiyg
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 26, 2021
Important thread https://t.co/zp6kDLJR2B
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 26, 2021
“When people asked what to do, he asked them what they thought. At meetings, he usually sat in the back and spoke last. He slept on floors, wore overalls, shared the risks, took the blows, he dug in deeply.” – Tom Hayden on Bob Moses, who has journeyed home and who loved us so. pic.twitter.com/xOYioFKHmO
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 25, 2021
#BobMoses has died. What a brilliant, conscious, compassionately active human being. Educator. Organizer. Leader. Rest well, sir.
Here is Mr. Moses sharing about #FreedomSummer. https://t.co/1x4h2BgJuD
— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) July 25, 2021
Bob Moses RIP
His civil rights experience impressed upon this great man that enduring change can’t just come from the top. It must come from communities of people who organize to make demands, and in the process transform themselves.
My 2001 piece on him:https://t.co/GUTLI1OpNy— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) July 25, 2021
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