- Johnnie Carr
Johnnie Rebecca Daniels Carr (
January 26 1911 -February 22 ,2008 ) was a leader in the Civil Rights movement in theUnited States from 1955 until her death.In 1967, Carr became President of the
Montgomery Improvement Association , succeeding the Rev.Martin Luther King, Jr . Carr held this office until she died.Carr was a childhood friend of
Rosa Parks and is considered, along with Parks, to be an important face in the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery,Alabama . According toMorris Dees , one of three founders of Montgomery'sSouthern Poverty Law Center , "Johnnie Carr is one of the three major icons of the Civil Rights Movement: Dr. King, Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr. I think ultimately, when the final history books are written, she'll be one of the few people remembered for that terrific movement."Civil Rights pioneer and U.S. Representative John Lewis, D-Ga., said, "Mrs. Carr must be looked on as one of the founders of a new America because she was there with Rosa Parks, E.D. Nixon, Martin Luther King Jr. and so many others."cite web | title= Rights icon 'a fighter to the end' | url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080224/NEWS/802240317/1001/rss01 ]
Carr died of a massive stroke at the age of 97.cite web | title= Rights icon 'a fighter to the end' | url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080224/NEWS/802240317/1001/rss01 ]
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* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3515846.ece Obituary in "The Times", 9 March 2008]
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