![]() ![]() Its main objective was to try an end the political disenfranchisement of African Americans in the Deep South. Moses emerged as one of the leading figures in SNCC and in 1964 was the main organizer of the Freedom Summer project. Local police were unwilling to protect these passengers and in several places they were beaten up by white mobs and Moses endured numerous beatings and jailings. After training in non-violent techniques, black and white volunteers sat next to each other as they travelled through the Deep South. In 1961 Moses became a member of the Freedom Riders. He was field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was director of SNCC's Mississippi Project. Moses left teaching to work full-time in the civil rights movement. ![]() A brilliant student he studied philosophy at Harvard University and then taught mathematics at the Horace Mann School in New York (1958-1961). ![]() Robert Moses was born in Harlem, New York, on 23rd January, 1935. ![]()
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