Posts tagged Civil Right Movement

Fred Gray, Christian Civil Rights Lawyer For MLK, Gets Montgomery Street Named After Him

Fred Gray, a 90-year-old civil rights lawyer and longtime Church of Christ elder, represented Rosa Parks when he was only 24 years old and serving as an attorney for Martin Luther King Jr. Now, the Alabama city where Parks famously refused to give up her bus seat to a White male passenger in 1955 — Montgomery — is naming a street after him.

News, North AmericaAudrey JacksonOctober 13, 2021Audrey Jackson, Fred Gray, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Right Movement, Montgomery, Alabama, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment

Religion Unplugged's Full Conversation With Alabama's 'Fifth Girl' Sarah Collins Rudolph

Sarah Collins Rudolph, survivor of the racist Alabama church bombing that fueled Civil Rights activism, spoke with Religion Unplugged on racial reconciliation and how her faith has sustained her. Rudolph released a book about her story on Jan. 28 — including the full story from the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963.

Interview, Justice, North America, Religion, NewsMattie TownsonFebruary 23, 2021Sarah Collins Rudolph, Civil Right Movement, Civil Rights, racial reconciliation, black history month, Secondary FeatureComment

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