Bryant, Curtis C., 1917-2007
Mr. Curtis C. Bryant was born in Walthall County, Mississippi in 1917. He worked for the railroad from 1940 to 1979, during which time he was an active member of the railroad union. In 1961, Mr. Bryant and Bob Moses were instrumental in starting the voter registration drive in Mississippi. Bryant was active in the NAACP and the Democratic Party. In retaliation for his civil rights advocacy, Mr. Bryant's barber shop was bombed.
From the description of An oral history with Curtis C. Bryant, 1995 Nov. 11. c1999. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 46317634
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| creatorOf | Bryant, Curtis C., 1917-2007. An oral history with Curtis C. Bryant, 1995 Nov. 11. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library |
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| associatedWith | Dykes, Jimmy. | person |
| associatedWith | Moses, Robert Parris. | person |
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Birth 1917
Death 2007
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