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Algebra project dedicating to teaching math as a means to a more equal society. bob moses was 86 years old. >> rev, can you talk about what we all owe bob moses? >> reporter: we owe bob moses a lot. he was one of the activists that was in the trenches around voting rights. he never went for headlines, he was not a high profile figure. he did the work. but had he not done the work we would not have gotten the voting rights act of 1965. those of us fighting today owe a lot to bob moses, he helped ...

Civil rights legend that died this weekend. he was a soft spoken and towering leader that endured beatings, threats, and jail times to register black voters in mississippi in the 1960s n 1946, moses helped organize the mississippi freedom summer proekt j. it was a massive voter drive that helped generate national publicity and ultimately pressure for congress to enforce voting rights. its what helped persuade president lyndon johnson to sign the civil rights act that summer and the following yea...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Honoring Excellence, Electing New Members: Announcement from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences April 22, 2021 GMT American Academy of Arts and Sciences (PRNewsFoto/American Academy of Arts & Scie) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Arts & Sciences announces today the election of 252 new members. The Academy was established in 1780 by the country’s founders to...

N.Y. elects first African American to serve as Regents chancellor Updated Jan 11, 2021; Posted Jan 11, 2021 Dr. Lester W. Young Jr. was elected the new Board of Regents chancellor on Monday. (Courtesy/NYSED) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York State has a new Regents chancellor, and he is the first African American to be elected to the position. The Board of Regents, meeting virtually on Monday, elected Dr. Lester W. Young Jr. to lead the state’s education policy-making body. As...