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Moses Way Down Mississippi-land: A Tribute in Jackson to an Advocate for Civil Rights and Math Education

Moses Way Down Mississippi-land: A Tribute in Jackson to an Advocate for Civil Rights and Math Education

Some historians of the civil rights movement think Bob Moses, who died in July 2021, was as influential as Martin Luther King Jr., if not more so.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellNovember 23, 2021Bennie Thompson, Bob Moses, civil rights movement, Activitst, Algebra Project, Tougaloo College, HBCU, Joan Trumphauer, Freedom Summer, 3 civil rights workers, KKK, James Meredith, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Emmett Till, Young People's Project