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Educator BOB MOSES

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Bob Moses helped register black voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964.

1964 · Freedom Summer Bob Moses, civil rights activist

Bob Moses established the Algebra Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1982.

1982 · Algebra Project establishment Bob Moses, director and creator of the Algebra Project

The Algebra Project has reached 9,000 inner city youths across the country.

9000 youths · inner city youths reached Bob Moses, director and creator of the Algebra Project

2: Educator BOB MOSES. He was a leader in the Civil Rights struggle, helping to register black voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. He's still a civil rights activist, though his weapon now is Math. He's the director and creator of the innovative Algebra Project which opens up educational opportunities for young African-Americans. MOSES established the project in Cambridge, Mass in 1982. Since then it's been implimented across the country, and has reached 9,000 inner city youths. (REBROADCAST from 3

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