E. D. Nixon - Wikipedia
WEBEdgar Daniel Nixon (July 12, 1899 – February 25, 1987), known as E. D. Nixon, was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955.
Nixon, Edgar Daniel | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and ...
WEBNixon, Edgar Daniel. July 12, 1899 to February 25, 1987. Union leader and civil rights advocate E. D. Nixon helped launch the Montgomery bus boycott, the event that propelled Martin Luther King, Jr., into the national spotlight.
E.D. Nixon - Quotes, Civil Rights & NAACP - Biography
WEBApr 3, 2014 · E.D. Nixon was a Pullman porter and civil rights leader who worked with Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to initiate the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
E.D. Nixon (1899-1987) - Blackpast
WEBMay 31, 2011 · Edgar Daniel Nixon, an African American civil rights leader and union organizer, is remembered primarily for helping lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama from 1955 to 1956.
Edgar Daniel "E. D." Nixon - Encyclopedia of Alabama
WEBMar 1, 2024 · E. D. Nixon, 1984 E. D. Nixon (1899-1987) was a long-time leader of the civil rights movement in Alabama. He worked tirelessly to increase the number of registered black voters in Montgomery and was one of the key organizers of the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Nixon, Edgar Daniel - Encyclopedia.com
WEBNixon, Edgar Daniel. July 12, 1899 February 25, 1987. The civil rights leader Edgar Daniel Nixon was born in Robinson Springs, near Montgomery, Alabama, the son of Wesley and Susan (Chappell) Nixon. Wesley Nixon was a tenant farmer and, in later years, a Primitive Baptist preacher.
From E. D. Nixon - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and …
WEBNixon, an early organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott and MIA treasurer since the group’s inception, expresses his frustration at “being treated as a newcomer” to the organization and resigns his position. 1 On 8 July King and Abernathy met with Nixon to address his grievances, but Nixon’s dissatisfaction with the MIA persisted, and ...
E.D. NIXON, LEADER IN CIVIL RIGHTS, DIES - The New York Times
WEBFeb 27, 1987 · Edgar Daniel Nixon, who selected the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to lead the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, died here Wednesday night. He was 87 years old. Mr. Nixon died at the...
Edgar Daniel Nixon - Oxford Reference
WEBcivil rights leader who led protests against racial discrimination in Montgomery, Alabama, for fifty years. Born in 1899, Edgar Daniel “Ed” Nixon ...
Activist E. D. Nixon | Early Life and Activism - Library of Congress
WEBDuring the 1940s he organized the Alabama Voters League and served as president of the NAACP Montgomery branch and its state conference. In 1954 Nixon became the first black man to run for public office in Montgomery since Reconstruction. The following year he helped lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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