[About the organizing of the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott.
E.D Nixon, civil rights leader and union organizer
Rufus A. Lewis, civil rights activist and politician
JoAnn Robinson, educator and civil rights activist
Fred Gray, civil rights attorney
The pastor is Martin Luther King Jr.]
They needed someone who could get Nixon and Lewis to work together, appeal to Black people from all parts of the city, present a respectable image to the press, and handle negotiations well. Robinson and Gray discussed selecting a preacher for the job. But which one?
“Well, Fred,” Robinson said, “my pastor hasn’t been here long. But one thing he can do, he can move people with his words.”
King: A Life, Jonathan Eig
