Bob Moses (activist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bob Moses (activist)

American activist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1935

Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, United States

Profession: activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Robert Parris Moses (born January 31, 1935) is an American educator and civil rights activist, known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and his co-founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
He is a graduate of Hamilton College and completed a master's in philosophy at Harvard University. Since 1982 Moses has developed the nationwide Algebra Project in the United States.
He has received a MacArthur Fellowship and other awards for this work, which emphasizes teaching algebra skills to minority students based on broad-based community organizing and collaboration with parents, teachers and students.