Finding the man who walked away Sep 21, 2008
The musicians for the event are Willie Alexander - who performed on the opening night of the Boston Tea Party in 1967 - Chris Butler, Bob Moses, P. Andrew Willis, Ken Winokur, and DJ Pace (). Leslie Brokaw can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
Talent is their ticket to explore the bass Jun 2, 2008
HAS WORKED WITH: Bob Moses, Danillo Perez, Jim McNeely. WHY THE BASS: It's something I enjoy, and it presents me with plenty of challenges, technically and musically. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Officials swarm T crash scene May 30, 2008
"There's nothing to prevent them from going through a red light," said Bob Moses, who retired last year after dispatching all four lines on the MBTA over more than two decades. Moses said he mostly avoided working the Green Line. (Boston Globe)
Book lauds freedom riders May 30, 2008
After his days as a freedom rider, Dennis continued to work in the civil rights movement and helped organize Freedom Summer in 1964 with Bob Moses. Since 1991, he has worked with Moses' Algebra Project, to improve the math skills of African-American students. (The Clarion-Ledger)
A kaleidoscope of poetry and jazz May 2, 2008
Headlining this event is former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky reading to the accompaniment of renowned drummer Rakalam Bob Moses and talented young saxophonist Andrew Urbina ... Rakalam Bob Moses: To me, the answer is more fundamental than that. (Boston Globe)
Drawing from the well: Author journeys through the American South to give readers a glimpse of the civil rights movement Feb 4, 2008
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Drummer's birthday show displays jazz guitarist's gifts Jan 30, 2008
Rakalam Bob Moses plays at his 60th birthday celebration ... Drummer Rakalam Bob Moses has played with Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Pat Metheny, among many others, and his late-'60s band, Free Spirits, was among the pioneers of jazz/rock fusion. (Boston Globe)
Danny Glover to be at school rally Dec 7, 2007
when Bob Moses, current president, and several parents and educators made lessons to address problems students were having in the transition from arithmetic to algebra. Another aspect of the project is a youth leadership program to train high school and college students to be math literacy workers with younger students. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
From Atlanta to East Africa Sep 21, 2007
What made up my mind was a very small blurb in the New York Times which talked about a voter registration project in Mississippi, run by Bob Moses in fact. The story was about the fact that Moses had brought some people down to register to vote and had gotten beaten up. (allAfrica.com)
For youth, math is the great equalizer Aug 1, 2007
This is especially important for schools that have lacked resources -- often containing low-income, urban, and minority students -- and it is the reason civil rights pioneer and educator Bob Moses has correctly portrayed mathematics access as a new civil rights frontier. ROBERT CASE Boston. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Civil rights activist Pilcher remembered as 'visionary' who did a lot for city Jul 19, 2007
Pilcher housed movement workers such as Willie Peacock, Stokely Carmichael, Lawrence Guyot, Bob Moses, Jim Farmer and Sam Block. The freedom house was a two-story building on the corner of Avenue N and Broad Street that was owned by Pilcher's father, D.S. Sanders, said John Pleasant, Pilcher's oldest son. (Greenwood Commonwealth, MS)
Traffic change on Washington 11 days away Jul 3, 2007
A group of East End businesspeople, led by auto dealer Bob Moses, asked city officials more than a year ago to make the block two-way. The current layout, where drivers have to follow a series of one-way streets around the Clay Center to head east on Washington Street, made it hard for customers to find their businesses, they said. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Man faces assault charges against two officers May 30, 2007
During the arraignment, defense attorney Bob Moses said that Dadley has been diagnosed as bipolar, and the incident was the result of unresolved mental health issues. "It is sad, because this is a good young man who's got some mental difficulties, and we're going to be addressing those mental difficulties as soon as we can in the hope that we can at least get him back on track," Moses said. (Concord Monitor)
Kelly taps Wills as new coach Apr 20, 2007
We hung with them for six, Advance coach Bob Moses said. Rusty got tired, that was it. (Skieston Standard Democrat, MO)
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Glover also is an active member of The Algebra Project, which is a math empowerment program developed by civil rights leader Bob Moses, and recently received a Chairman's Award from the NAACP for his dedication to public service. Although Glover is able to receive more attention because of his celebrity status, he explained that his social activism is not a result of his acting career but rather the opposite. (Macomb Journal, IL)
Actor, activist Danny Glover coming to WIU Mar 28, 2007
In 2001, he assumed the board chairmanship of TransAfrica Forum, the African-American lobbying organization on Africa and the Caribbean; and he actively serves on the board of The Algebra Project, a math empowerment program developed by civil rights veteran Bob Moses. Internationally, Glover has served as the Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. Development Program since 1998, focusing on issues of poverty, disease and economic underdevelopment in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. (Macomb Journal, IL)
Zinn: Politicians or Citizens? Mar 26, 2007
The Mississippians, led by Fannie Lou Hamer and Bob Moses, turned it down, and thus held on to their fighting spirit, which later brought them what they had asked for. That mantrathe best we can getis a recipe for corruption. (Zmag.org)
Paving the way 1965 election about more than winning for Martin, city Feb 21, 2007
During the campaign, civil rights activists, including the Rev. Harry Bowie, Bob Moses and Stokely Carmichael, came to his aid. The passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 enabled Martin to run. (Enterprise-Journal)
Planning begins to boost math literacy in Petersburg schools Feb 9, 2007
when Bob Moses, current president, and several parents and educators made lessons to address problems students were having in the transition from arithmetic to algebra. Moses later joined with Dennis to expand the project in the South and other places. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
