Robert Parris Moses
Philosopher, Organization founder
1935 –
Who is Robert Parris Moses?
Robert Parris Moses is an American educator and civil rights activist, known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. He was a graduate of Hamilton College and completed a master's in philosophy at Harvard University.
Since 1982 Moses has developed the nationwide Algebra Project in the United States. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship and other awards for this work, which emphasizes teaching algebra skills to minority students based on broad-based community organizing and collaboration with parents, teachers and students.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Jan 23, 1935
Harlem - Also known as
- Bob Moses
- Robert Moses
- Bob Parris
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stuyvesant High School
- Harvard University
- Hamilton College
- Employment
- Cornell University
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Robert Parris Moses." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/robert_parris_moses>.
Discuss this Robert Parris Moses biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In