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.
Moses was born in Harlem, New York, on January 23, 1935, two months after a race riot left three dead and injured 60 in the neighborhood. His grandfather, William Henry Moses, has been a prominent Southern Baptist preacher and a supporter of Marcus Garvey, a Black nationalist leader at the turn of the century.
Moses didn’t spend much time in the Deep South until he went on a recruiting trip in 1960 to “see the movement for myself.” He sought out the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta but found little activity in the office and soon turned his attention to SNCC.
He later helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which sought to challenge the all-white Democratic delegation from Mississippi. But President Lyndon Johnson prevented the group of rebel Democrats from voting in the convention and instead let Jim Crown southerners remain, drawing national attention.
May he rest in peace🕊
R.I.P. 🙏🏼
An icon from when the civil rights fight was real. Rest In Peace Sir and God bless.
Good job, Bob Moses. Now...Vaya con Dios.
Another GREAT HERO John Lewis will welcome Robert Moses, they are in a place where no more beatings and hardship will they have to endure. REST IN PEACE, and may your family feel comfort in knowing your safe and your work here on earth will not be forgotten
Those leaders who fight for civil rights died too young to see their dreams come true, it is in the hands of the free to stand up against hate bigotry Propaganda conspiracy theorist. We once again must come together as one are divide and die!!
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Rest with the ancestors and know we are thankful for the sacrifices and serve rendered to make this 🌎 a better place. May goodness find you on the other side. 💯✊🏾❤️
Robert Moses rest in peace, and the March goes on!
MelissaHasHope RIP, Robert Moses. May his memory be a blessing.
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i just feel like ive read an hour of introduction bfr reading what happened to him rip
Another icon gone..🥺💔 Rest in Power, Mr. Moses..
May his memory be for blessing.
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