BOB Moses was known for her work in the civil rights movement.
It was announced on Sunday, July 25, 2021 that Moses hadpassed away at the age of 86.
Who was civil rights icon Bob Moses?
Robert “Bob” Parris Moses was an American educator and civil rights activist.
Moses was famously known for his work as a the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.
He also co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
A graduate of Harvard University with a M.A. in Philosophy, Moses faced violence when he registered Black voters in the 1960s but continued to fight for equality between the races.
In 1964, he became the principle organizer of the Freedom Summer Project, a project designed to draw attention to the violent oppression that was being experienced by African American's in Mississippi.
In 1969, Moses moved to East Africa with his wife, in protest of the Vietnam War, where he taught mathematics in Tanzania until 1976.
How did Bob Moses die?
While there has not been an official cause of death, it was announced on Sunday by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project’s 60th Anniversary Conference.
“Staff are saddened to hear of the death of Bob Moses, an American icon who left a tremendous legacy in Mississippi,” said Mississippi Department of Archives and History director Katie Blount.
“He was a civil rights icon who made sacrifices for what he believed,” state Rep. Robert Johnson said to Mississippi Today. “He could have done a lot of things, but he made sacrifices on behalf of the movement.”
What is The Algebra Project?
Moses was a math teacher in East Africa and after returning back to the United States in 1976, he became a MacArthur Foundation Fellow from 1982-1987 where he used his time to create The Algebra Project.
"The Algebra Project uses mathematics literacy as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for all children in the United States of America," according to their website.
The project was a national mathematics literacy program that aimed to help low-income students and those of color achieve math skills.
Was Bob Moses married?
Moses married Janet Jemmott in 1968.
Prior to her career as a pediatrician, Jemmott was also an organizer in Mississippi during the Civil Rights movement.
Born February 15, 1942, Jemmott is 79 years old.
While in Tanzania with her husband, she taught English as a second language at the same school her husband worked at.
Following their return, while Moses worked on The Algebra Project, Jemmott began medical school at the University of Boston.
Did Bob Moses have children?
Moses is survived by his wife, three children, and seven grandchildren.
Moses and Jemmott had three children together throughout their 53 years of marriage.
The couple had two sons, Omowale, Tabasuri, and one daughter Malaika.
Omowale followed in his parents footsteps and is the Founding Member & Strategic Advisor, Young People's Project.
Not much information is available on his other children.
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