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19 de may. de 2021 · Civil Rights Activist Bob Zellner talks about being a Klansman's grandson who became a "white ally" for Alabama's black community in the 1960's, mentored by ...
Zellner, Bob. Robert Zellner was born April 5, 1939 in southern Alabama. A SNCC member and field secretary, he attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery. At twenty-two, he rode from Atlanta, Georgia to Albany Georgia on the Central Georgia Railroad on December 10, 1961. In 1991 he started a Ph.D. program in History at Tulane University, writing ...
7 de abr. de 2023 · Time Magazine celebrated Bob Zellner as one of the 17 living legends of the Civil Rights Movement. We welcome Bob Zellner to "Conversations." Thank you for being here, my friend.
19 de ago. de 2013 · Bob Zellner took stand against his white community's values. He studied civil rights%2C then Rosa Parks prodded him to get involved and take action. He remembers marchers being warned not to sing ...
By the winter of 1967, most white people had left SNCC, but she and Bob Zellner, made one final attempt to remain in SNCC. The Zellners understood the need to live and organize among the white community but wanted to continue doing this work as SNCC staff members in an interracial community. The Zellner’s request to remain in SNCC was denied.
Bob Zellner is a name that resonates with the history of civil rights activism in the United States. Born on November 5, 1939, in Alabama, Zellner grew up amid racial segregation and inequality. His upbringing in the South, coupled with his family’s deep-rooted commitment to social justice, laid the foundation for his lifelong dedication to the civil rights movement.
"While we were waiting, this was my eureka moment, my ah-ha moment. In my whole life, I'll never forget it. As we waited for Dr. King to go out in front of the church, Mrs. Parks — who was an organizer. She wasn't just a tired seamstress sitting on the bus; she was an NAACP organizer — touched me on my elbow (and I haven't washed that elbow since) and that saint of granite and quiet ...
