Historic Marker Honoring Fred Grey Unveiled Today
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A marker honoring Fred Gray was unveiled at the southwest corner of Dexter Avenue and Hull street , where Gray’s law offices once stood.
The site is now home to the Heflin-Tolbert Judicial Building.
The unveiling was scheduled on Rosa Parks’ birthday one of Gray’s most famous clients.
In 1955 Gray represented Parks and Claudette Colvin, who were both arrested for refusing to give up their seats to white passengers on Montgomery city buses:
