Nixon, Edgar Daniel
- Authoritative Name:
- 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.
- Associated Subjects:
- Nixon, Edgar Daniel
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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Interview with Anne Braden, March 10, 1989
- Creator:
- Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
- Date of Original:
- 1989-03-10
- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
E. D. Nixon
- Creator:
- Brooks, F. Erik
- Date of Original:
- 2007-09-19
- 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)
E.D. Nixon
- Creator:
- Montgomery County (Ala.). Sheriff's Dept.
- Date of Original:
- 1956-02-21
- Collection:
- Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
- Contributing Institution:
- Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives
E. D. Nixon seated in a chair during an interview.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1965-09
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
E. D. Nixon seated in a chair during an interview.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1965-09
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
E. D. Nixon seated in a chair during an interview.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1965-09
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
WSFA audiovisual item D132.0002
- Date of Original:
- 1968
- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Educator Resources:
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Rosa Parks
- Date of Original:
- 1955/1956
- Collection:
- Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- WGBH Educational Foundation