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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Robert Parris Moses, civil rights activist, dies aged 86

  • Moses was beaten and jailed in Mississippi in mid-1960s
  • ‘Second chapter’ saw foundation of Algebra Project in 1982

Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail time while leading Black voter registration drives in the American south during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.

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