Skip to main content
 
  • Menu Up
  • SIUE Homepage
  • Admissions
  • Apply to SIUE
  • Visit/Tour SIUE
  • Paying for College
  • Financial Aid
  • Housing
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • International
  • Transfer
  • Academics
  • Degrees & Programs
  • Online Education
  • Continuing Education
  • Undergraduate Catalog
  • Graduate Catalog
  • College of Arts & Sciences
  • School of Business
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • School of Education, Health
    and Human Behavior
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
  • Graduate School
  • Library & Information Services
  • Student Life
  • Athletics
  • Baseball (M)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Cross-Country (M)
  • Cross-Country (W)
  • Golf (M)
  • Soccer (M)
  • Soccer (W)
  • Softball
  • Tennis (W)
  • Track & Field (M)
  • Track & Field (W)
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Maps
  • Interactive Map
  • Parking
  • Directions & Maps
  • Buildings/Areas
  • Visit/Tour SIUE
  • Virtual Tour
  • Research
  • Giving
  • About SIUE
  • About the University
  • Points of Pride
  • Leadership
  • Mission, Goals & Plans
  • Campuses
  • Apply to SIUE
  • Current Students
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Alumni
  • Community & Business Partners
  • Veterans
  • SIUE Email
  • Blackboard
  • CougarNet
  • SIUE Starfish Logo
  • Degree Works
  • Menu Down
dismiss
Search
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Logo
Apply to SIUE
  • Admissions
    • Apply to SIUE
    • Visit/Tour SIUE
    • Paying for College
    • Financial Aid
    • Housing

    • Undergraduate
    • Graduate
    • International
    • Transfer
  • Academics
    • Degrees & Programs
    • Online Education
    • Continuing Education

    • Undergraduate Catalog
    • Graduate Catalog

    • College of Arts & Sciences
    • School of Business
    • School of Dental Medicine
    • School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
    • School of Engineering
    • School of Nursing
    • School of Pharmacy
    • Graduate School
    • Library & Information Services
  • Student Life
  • Athletics
    • Baseball (M)
    • Basketball (M)
    • Basketball (W)
    • Cross-Country (M)
    • Cross-Country (W)
    • Golf (M)
    • Soccer (M)
    • Soccer (W)
    • Softball
    • Tennis (W)
    • Track & Field (M)
    • Track & Field (W)
    • Volleyball
    • Wrestling
  • Maps
    • Interactive Map
    • Parking
    • Directions & Maps
    • Buildings/Areas
    • Tour/Visit SIUE
    • Virtual Tour
  • Research
  • Giving
  • About SIUE
    • About the University
    • Points of Pride
    • Leadership
    • Mission, Goals & Plans
    • Campuses
Arts and Issues Current Season

Arts & Issues Sub MenuDismiss

Arts & Issues Sub MenuDismiss

 Current SeasonPurchase Tickets Sponsors Support Arts & Issues Contact Us

Current Season

Arts & Issues Current Season

Current Season

Arts & Issues Current Season
Current Season Schedule History of Arts & Issues
Season Brochures
Current Season Past Seasons

Fred Gray

Start Date/Time: November 05, 2018 at 7:30 PM
End Date/Time: November 05, 2018 at 8:30 PM
Location: Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center
Brief Description: Bus Ride to Justice - The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Fred Gray

Fred David Gray is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney who helped change history. After earning his law degree in 1954, the young attorney was thrust into the national spotlight in 1955 when he represented Rosa Parks after her arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus. The incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which is considered the beginning of the civil rights movement. Despite the danger in fighting segregation in the deep South, Gray helped organize the boycott that brought a young, unknown minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to the attention of the world. Gray went on to serve as King’s first civil rights attorney. With a legal career that has spanned more than half a century, Gray has won multiple landmark civil rights cases. Hear the riveting story of this important chapter in American history and Gray’s fight to destroy segregation.

Sponsored by:

Madison County Regional Office of Education

 SIUE Office of the Provost

 SIUE Department of Political Science



facebook twitter linkedin instagram youtube social at siue
© 2025  SIUE, Edwardsville, IL 62026 Contact SIUE Privacy Notice | Consumer Disclosures Complaints Equal Opportunity Employer Employment Emergency Notification (e-Lert)

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is authorized to operate as a postsecondary educational institution by the  Illinois Board of Higher Education.

  • Current Students
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Alumni
  • Community & Business Partners
  • Veterans
  • Degree Works
  • SIUE Starfish Logo
  • CougarNet
  • Blackboard
  • SIUE Email
  • Cascade

Cookie Notice

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our website, to analyze our website traffic and to understand where our visitors originate.

By browsing our website, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. For more about the information SIUE collects, visit our Web Privacy Notice.