"I was taught about the denial of the right to vote behind the Iron Curtain in Europe; I never knew that there was denial of the right to vote behind a Cotton Curtain here in the United States."
—Robert Moses, who set out to destroy Mississippi's cotton curtain (1935-2021)
—Robert Moses, who set out to destroy Mississippi's cotton curtain (1935-2021)
From SNCC Digital:
"'The sits-in woke me up,' recalled Harlem, New York-native Bob Moses, discussing how his involvement with southern struggle began. When he first arrived in Mississippi in the summer of 1960, there was no student movement in the state."
snccdigital.org/people/bob-mos…
"'The sits-in woke me up,' recalled Harlem, New York-native Bob Moses, discussing how his involvement with southern struggle began. When he first arrived in Mississippi in the summer of 1960, there was no student movement in the state."
snccdigital.org/people/bob-mos…
📸: Robert Moses at the training for Freedom Summer volunteers, 1964. Photo by Steve Schapiro/Zinn Education Project
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