Gray, Fred D., 1930-

Authoritative Name:

Gray, Fred D., 1930-

Biography:

Fred Gray (1930- ) is a prominent Alabama civil rights attorney whose clients have included Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. When he opened his Montgomery law office in 1954, Gray was one of the few African American attorneys in the state. His career blossomed in the context of the civil rights movement, as he played a pivotal role in dismantling legal segregation in the state. ("Fred Gray" Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved September 2, 2008. http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/.)

Associated Subjects:

Gray, Fred D., 1930-

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

23 items in 7 collections (expand all)

Fred Gray and Joe H. Hawthorne at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, after the 1966 Democratic primary.

Creator:: Farmer, John
Date of Original:: 1966-05-04
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Gray at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, after the 1966 Democratic primary.

Creator:: Farmer, John
Date of Original:: 1966-05-04
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Gray at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, after the 1966 Democratic primary.

Creator:: Farmer, John
Date of Original:: 1966-05-04
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking with reporters at the Montgomery County courthouse after a meeting with local officials in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Martin, Spider
Date of Original:: 1965-03-17
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Representative Fred D. Gray of Macon County, Alabama.

Creator:: Nesbitt, Charles
Date of Original:: 1970-12
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Rosa Parks celebrating her 75th birthday at Rosa Parks Day in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Creator:: Barnette, Steve
Date of Original:: 1988-02-04
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Attorneys Arthur Shores, Robert L. Carter, Fred Gray, and Orzell Billingsley conferring during the NAACP hearing before Judge Walter B. Jones.

Date of Original:: 1958-06-20
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Attorneys Arthur Shores, Robert L. Carter, and Fred Gray conferring during the NAACP hearing before Judge Walter B. Jones in Montgomery, Alabama.

Date of Original:: 1958-06-20
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Attorneys Fred Gray and Robert L. Carter speaking during the NAACP hearing before Judge Walter B. Jones.

Date of Original:: 1958-06-20
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Gray.

Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace speaking to the Legislative Interim Committee on Utility Rates and Procedures.

Date of Original:: 1971-03-16
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace speaking to the Legislative Interim Committee on Utility Rates and Procedures.

Date of Original:: 1971-03-16
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Interview with Robert Zellner, November 3, 1990

Creator:: Zellner, Bob
Date of Original:: 1990-11-03
Collection:: Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:: University of Kentucky

Fred Gray

Creator:: Key, Barclay
Date of Original:: 2008-04-15
Collection:: Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Creator:: Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-
Date of Original:: 2008-06-17
Collection:: Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Creator:: Burns, Stewart
Date of Original:: 2008-06-09
Collection:: Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 1)

Creator:: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Date of Original:: 1930/2002
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Martin King III, Dr. King's oldest son; Rosa Parks; Attorney Fred Gray, Mrs. Parks' lawyer in 1955 [graphic].

Date of Original:: 1980/1989
Collection:: Rosa Parks Papers
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

[Rosa Parks with friends Virginia Durr (left), Fred Gray and Johnnie Carr (right) at her Kennedy Center birthday tribute, Washington, D.C., 1990] [graphic].

Date of Original:: 1990
Collection:: Rosa Parks Papers
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

WSFA audiovisual item D150.0002

Date of Original:: 1967/1975
Collection:: WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

WSFA audiovisual item D150.0010

Date of Original:: 1970
1972
Collection:: WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History