Robert Parris Moses

American civil rights activist (1935-2021) · United States · On the map · Activists · Died at 86

Robert Parris Moses was an American educator and civil rights activist known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and his co-founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

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2021Died25 July 20212006Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2005Honorary Doctor of Syracuse UniversityAward2002James Bryant Conant AwardAward2001Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative CitizenshipAward2000Heinz AwardAward1997War Resisters League Peace AwardAward1982MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1935Born23 January 1935

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Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2006

Honorary Doctor of Syracuse University2005

James Bryant Conant Award2002

Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship2001

Heinz Award2000

War Resisters League Peace Award1997

MacArthur Fellows Program1982

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As part of his work with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of the Mississippi branches of the four major civil rights organizations, he was the main organizer for the Freedom Summer Project.

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