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Bob Moses, Civil Rights Pioneer, Passes Away at 82 Known by peers and admirers alike as a gentle, yet firm presence, Bob Moses quickly established himself as a leader in both the Civil Rights and mathematics communities, with his partnership with The Young People’s Project and the founder of The Algebra Project. He exemplified what it meant to put the betterment of others first and uses his book knowledge to advance his own people across generations.  Moses answered the call to the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, leaving his teaching position in New York City to register the poor, disenfranchised, and illiterate Black citizens of Mississippi. He could not be deterred by even the most violent threats on his personal safety, including being shot at while in the car and famously having a knife bashed into his head outside of a courthouse in Liberty, Mississippi while registering Black voters. He continued with blood dripping down the side of his head, first registering th

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