Key, Barclay
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Encyclopedia article about Fred Gray, a prominent Alabama civil rights attorney whose clients have included Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. When he opened his Montgomery law office in 1954, Gray was one of the few African American attorneys in the state. His career blossomed in the context of the civil rights movement, as he played a pivotal role in dismantling legal segregation in the state.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Clergy
- African American Lawyers
- African Americans
- Alabama
- Churches Of Christ
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Clergy
- Discrimination
- Government
- History
- Lawyers
- Legislators
- Montgomery
- Montgomery (Ala.)
- Montgomery Improvement Association
- Politics And Government
- Race Discrimination
- Race Relations
- School Integration
- Segregation
- Segregation In Education
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