Bob Moses, organizer of the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, has died at the age of 86, his family said Sunday.
July 25 (UPI) — Civil rights leader Bob Moses — known best for organizing voting rights campaigns in Mississippi — has died, his family said Sunday. He was 86 years old. Moses, organizer of the Freedom Summer project and founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as well as the Algebra Project, died at his home in Hollywood, Fla., his daughter Maisha Moses confirmed to The New York Times. She did not specify a cause. Born on Jan.23,1935, in New York City, Moses studied philosophy and French at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. and earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Harvard in 1957.
