Civil Rights Icon Dr. Fred Gray is in Town
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Another civil rights icon is in town today…
Dr. Fred Gray — he’s the attorney who represented Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.
During the civil rights movement, some may say Dr. Fred Gray was one of the most sought after attorneys.
He argued before the United States Supreme Court in several landmark civil rights cases. He also and helped file lawsuits that led to the desegregation of all public institutions of higher learning and the integration of elementary and secondary schools.
Dr. Gray says when he represented Dr. King, Parks, Hosea Williams. Even walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. He never realized the magnitude his impact would make across the nation today.
“We got a lot of people registered to vote we have a lot of minority people who are now actively a part of the legislative judicial and administrative progress so I think we’ve made some progress.” says Grey.
We’ll have more from Dr. Gray coming up on Alabama News Network later.
