1899 - 1987
E.D. Nixon American Activist
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Details
| First Name |
Edgar
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| Last Name |
Nixon
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| Birthday |
12th July, 1899
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| Birthplace |
Montgomery, AL
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| Died |
25th February, 1987
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| Place of Death |
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Black
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Union organizer, civil rights leader
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Edgar Daniel Nixon (July 12, 1899 – February 25, 1987), known as E. D. Nixon, was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955. The boycott highlighted the issues of segregation in the South, was upheld for more than a year by black residents, and nearly brought the city-owned bus system to bankruptcy. It ended in December 1956, after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the related case, Browder v. Gayle (1956), that the local and state laws were unconstitutional, and ordered the state to end bus segregation.
