Fred Gray: CWRU Law Alumni and Civil Rights Lawyer
Celebrating 90 years of a
Civil Rights Icon:
Fred D. Gray Sr.
Fred Gray turned 90 on December 14, 2020
Fred Gray pictured here with Martin Luther King Jr.
Mr. Gray, right, and E.D. Nixon signed the bond
for Rosa Parks, left, who was arrested after
violating Montgomery’s segregation law for
city buses in 1955.
Fred Gray giving a Commencement address to the Case Western Reserve University Law School Class of 2017.
After congratulating them, he told them to “Use your degree to make a difference,” and “Do the right thing… Your goal should be to improve the conditions in your life, your community and the world.”
L-R: H.O. “Red” Williams, Lucius D. Amerson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Gray, Ralph Abernathy, in 1966, after passage of the Voting Rights Bill of 1965.
Fred gray pictured here with his new bride, Bernice Hill, in 1956.
They would go on to have four children.
Publications and writings
The Children Coming On...
Available through Ohio Link
Articles and Videos
Articles:
Civil rights icon Fred Gray urges 2017 graduates to use their degrees to “do the right thing”
To Fred Gray, alumnus and icon, on his 90th birthday
Fred Gray 'honored' by plan to rename Montgomery's Jeff Davis Avenue for him
For a Civil Rights Hero, 90, a New Battle Unfolds on His Childhood Street
Fred Gray Biography -Phi Alpha Delta
Destroy Everything Segregated – The Life Work of Fred D. Gray, Sr.
Fred Gray and the Role of Civil Rights Lawyers
The Courage of Civil Rights Lawyers: Fred Gray and His Colleagues
Lecture: Bus Ride to Justice: A Conversation with Fred Gray (with Introduction by Jonathan L. Entin)
The Sullivan Case: A Direct Product of the Civil Rights Movement
Videos:
Fred Gray - "How the Civil Rights Movement Led to the Election of Our President"
In Honor of Fred Gray: Making Civil Rights Law from Rosa Parks to the 21st Century: