Edgar Daniel Nixon (July 12, 1899 – February 25, 1987), known as E. D. Nixon, was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing the landmark Montgomery bus boycott there in 1955.

2014年4月3日 · E.D. Nixon was a Pullman porter and civil rights leader who worked with Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to initiate the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Edward Calvert Nixon (May 3, 1930 – February 27, 2019) was an American entrepreneur and naval aviator. He was the youngest brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Born in Whittier, California, Edward was the youngest child of Francis and Hannah Nixon.

2024年3月1日 · E. D. Nixon, 1984 E. D. Nixon (1899-1987) was a long-time leader of the civil rights movement in Alabama. He worked tirelessly to increase the number of registered black voters in Montgomery and was one of the key organizers of the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

July 12, 1899 to February 25, 1987. Union leader and civil rights advocate E. D. Nixon helped launch the Montgomery bus boycott, the event that propelled Martin Luther King, Jr., into the national spotlight.

2011年5月31日 · Edgar Daniel Nixon, an African American civil rights leader and union organizer, is remembered primarily for helping lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama from 1955 to 1956.

1987年2月27日 · Edgar Daniel Nixon, who selected the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to lead the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, died here Wednesday night. He was 87 years old.

Exposed by his work to the world beyond Montgomery, Nixon grew increasingly hostile to racial segregation. He became an enthusiastic proponent of A. Philip Randolph's (1889 – 1979) efforts in the late 1920s and early 1930s to unionize the Pullman porters, and in 1938 he accepted the presidency of the new union's Montgomery local.

Edgar Daniel Nixon (July 12, 1899-February 25, 1987), Civil Rights Activist, Pullman Car Porter, Union Organizer. He was born to Wesley N. Nixon and Sue Ann Chapel Nixon. He was married to Alease Curry Nixon and had one son. After she died he married Artlett Campbell Nixon.

Nixon had campaigned for civil rights, particularly voting rights, for years before the bus boycott. He was an unelected advocate for Montgomery's Black community, interceding for those who …