Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Biography:
"Union leader and civil rights advocate E. D. Nixon was a prominent figure in the Montgomery bus boycott, the event that launched Martin Luther King, Jr. into the national spotlight. Described by King as a "foe of injustice" and as a man who "worked fearlessly to achieve the rights of this people and to rouse the Negroes from their apathy," Nixon worked behind the scenes to organize and sustain the boycott and to launch the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)."--"Nixon, Edgar Daniel (1899-1987)," King Encyclopedia, retrieved June 6, 2008.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
- Encyclopedia of Alabama (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement (Smoking Gun)