Bob Moses

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civil rights activist educator human mathematician

Bob Moses was a prominent civil rights activist and organizer best known for his leadership in voter registration drives and grassroots education initiatives in the American South during the 1960s.

Aliases (1)

Robert Parris Moses ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist → educator → human → mathematician →
awardReceived	Heinz Award in the Human Condition → MacArthur Fellowship →
birthDate	1935-01-23 →
birthPlace	Harlem, New York City, New York, United States →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2021-07-25 →
degree	Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Hamilton College → Master’s degree in philosophy from Harvard University →
educatedAt	Hamilton College → Harvard University → Stuyvesant High School →
employer	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Moses →
fieldOfWork	grassroots organizing → mathematics education → voting rights →
founded	Algebra Project →
fullName	Robert Parris Moses →
givenName	Robert →
influenced	contemporary math education reformers → grassroots community organizers in the United States →
influencedBy	Ella Baker → Martin Luther King Jr. →
knownFor	civil rights activism in the American South → founding the Algebra Project → grassroots education initiatives → leadership in voter registration drives → work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
memberOf	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
movement	Civil Rights Movement →
notableWork	Algebra Project → Freedom Summer 1964 organizing → Mississippi voter registration campaigns →
positionHeld	field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
religion	Baptist →
residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
spouse	Janet Jemmott Moses →
workLocation	Alabama → Louisiana → Mississippi →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bob Moses ("Robert Parris Moses") →	fullName
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party →	keyFigure
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →	keyPerson