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This is about the educator and civil rights activist; for other uses, see Robert Moses (disambiguation).

Robert Parris Moses (born Harlem, New York, January 23, 1935, usually known as Bob Moses) is an American Harvard-trained educator who joined the civil rights movement and later founded the nationwide U.S. Algebra project. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Algebra Project is a national US Mathematics literacy effort aimed at helping low-income students and students of color successfully achieve mathematical skills

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Biography

Moses graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1952[1] and received his B. Stuyvesant High School ( IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/ commonly referred to as Stuy ( IPA: /ˈstаɪ/ is a New York City Public high school A. from Hamilton College in 1956. Hamilton College is a private independent liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. He studied philosophy at Harvard and obtained a teaching certificate, then began teaching at the Horace Mann School in Manhattan in 1958. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The Horace Mann School is an independent College preparatory school in New York City.

Civil Rights Movement

He began working with civil rights activists in 1960, becoming field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced "snick" was one of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement As director of the SNCC's Mississippi Project, Moses traveled to the South to try to register black voters. He faced nearly relentless violence and official intimidation. He and other organizers had asked for federal protection from the John F. Kennedy administration. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of

By 1964 Moses had become Co-Director of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), an umbrella organization for the major civil rights groups then working in Mississippi. The Council of Federated Organizations (COFO was formed in Mississippi in 1962 For the fictional company set in the Resident Evil videogame series see Umbrella Corporation. He was a leading SNCC figure, and the main organizer of COFO's Freedom Summer project, which was intended to end racial disfranchisement. Freedom Summer (also known as the Mississippi Summer Project) was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register to vote as Mississippi's 1890 constitution included requirements for voter registration, such as poll taxes, residency requirements, and literacy tests, which had long made it nearly impossible for blacks to register and vote. A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a Tax of a uniform fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income Literacy Test refers to the government practice of testing the literacy of potential citizens at the federal level and potential voters at the state level Because the literacy tests were subjectively administered by white voter registrars, even well-educated blacks had often been refused registration on literacy grounds. By the 1960s, many blacks did not bother to try to register. Moses was instrumental in the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, a group that challenged the regular Democratic Party delegates from the state at the party's 1964 convention. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP was an American Political party created in the state of Mississippi in 1964, during the The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The 1964 National Convention of the Democratic Party of the United States took place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City New Jersey

When Stokely Carmichael became SNCC president in 1966, the organization turned toward advocating black power. Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael ( June 29, 1941 November 15, 1998) also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Black Power is a racially based Political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies A disillusioned Moses quit the group. He then temporarily changed his name to Bob Parris and moved to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft. After getting remarried, Moses moved to Eastern Africa. From 1969-1975, Moses worked as a teacher in Tanzania. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya In 1976 he returned to Harvard and completed a doctorate in philosophy, after which he taught high school math in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States.

Algebra Project

In 1982 he received a MacArthur Fellowship, and used the money to create the Algebra Project, a foundation devoted to improving minority education in math. The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation is a major private grant -making Private foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$4 billion The Algebra Project is a national US Mathematics literacy effort aimed at helping low-income students and students of color successfully achieve mathematical skills Moses now teaches math at Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi, which he uses as a laboratory school for Algebra Project methods. For the school located at Baton Rouge Louisiana see Louisiana State University Laboratory School For the school located at Tarlac City Philippines see Laboratory The Algebra Project is a national US Mathematics literacy effort aimed at helping low-income students and students of color successfully achieve mathematical skills

In 2005, Moses was selected as one of twelve inaugural Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellows by the Fletcher Foundation, which awards substantial grants to scholars and activists working on civil rights issues. The Fletcher Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that supports Civil rights and Environmental education. [2] In 2006, Moses was named a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell University. Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes (born 1926 was the ninth president of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995 [3]

Honors

Books

References

  1. ^ Claybome Carson (1986). in Bernard K. Johnpoll and Harvey Klehr: Biographical Dictionary of the American Left. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000  
  2. ^ A Fletcher Fellowship Awarded to Bob Moses (April 2005). Retrieved on 2007-11-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000
  3. ^ Aloi, Daniel (2006-07-27). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Robert Moses named Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000

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