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Civil rights supporter Jean Graetz dead By Staff | Dec 19, 2020 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Jean Graetz, an early white supporter of equal rights for Black people in Alabama at the start of the civil rights movement, died early Wednesday, a family spokesman said. Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, Graetz died at home less than three months after the death of husband Robert Graetz. Newsletter Interests

Alabama News Alabama News Network is sad to report the death of longtime civil rights supporter Jeannie Graetz. She and her husband Rev. Robert Graetz were among the few white people who openly supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955. Mrs. Graetz died at her home in Montgomery this morning at the age of 90. She had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. She died less than three months after the death of her husband. They had moved to Montgomery in 1955 when he came here to pastor a Black Lutheran congregation. They were friends with Rosa Parks, but their support of the bus boycott led...

Jean Graetz, early white civil rights activist who joined bus boycott, dies at 90 Jean Graetz, left, and the Rev. Robert Graetz at a memorial for Julian Bond in 2015. (Albert Cesare / Associated Press) Print Jean Graetz, an early white supporter of equal rights for Black people in Alabama at the start of the civil rights movement, has died at her home in Georgia. Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, Graetz died less than three months after the death of her husband, the Rev. Robert Graetz, the only white minister to openly support the Montgomery bus boycott, said Ken Mullinax, a friend...

Early civil rights supporter Jean Graetz dies in Alabama By JAY REEVESDecember 16, 2020 GMT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jean Graetz, an early white supporter of equal rights for Black people in Alabama at the start of the civil rights movement, died early Wednesday, a family spokesman said. Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, Graetz died at home less than three months after the death of husband Robert Graetz, the only white minister to openly support the Montgomery bus boycott, said Ken Mullinax, a friend who announced her death on behalf of the family. She was 90. “She was one of the finest...