Robert Moses a civil rights activist was born in 1935 in Harlem. Moses had was good academically, he was able to attend a private high school. Next he went to Hamilton College and went on to earn a master's degree in philosophy from Harvard. During his studies, Moses traveled abroad and was exposed to the ideals of pacifism. He also became acquainted with the works of the French philosopher Camus, whose ideas were an important influence on the young Moses. Moses returned home when his mother died, in 1959.
When he returned to New York, he decided that would go south that summer. That summer Moses moved to Atlanta and began working with SNCC. Moses made a trip to Mississippi to gather people to come to Atlanta in October for a SNCC conference.
In Mississippi, Moses met Amzie Moore, a local NAACP chairman. They both planned a campaign to begin registering African-Americans for Mississippi freedom vote. Moses spent four years in Mississippi working on voter registration.
Today Moses is involved in education reform.