Edgar+Nixon

​​ Type in the content of your Name of individual (1 pt) Edgar Daniel Nixon

When/where they lived (2 pts) Montgomery, Alabama on 12th July, 1899. Died in Montgomery, Alabama, on 25th February, 1987

Early life (3-4 sentences) (4 pts) Nixon was a trade union leader. Nixon became president of the Voters League of Montgomery in 1944. He was also leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Alabama.

What they did to impact the Civil Rights Movement (4-5 sentences) (9 pts) Nixon helped Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and Bayard Rustin organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The impact was it gave bus driver less Business.

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how important do you think this person was to the movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (9 pts)

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