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E.D. Nixon
(1899-1987)
Who Was E.D. Nixon?
E.D. Nixon worked as a Pullman porter, later becoming a community activist in Montgomery with leadership positions in the NAACP and the Voters League.
Edward nixon biography wikipedia
He was key in bailing Rosa Parks out of jail and positioning her case to spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott, recruiting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well.
Background
Edgar Daniel Nixon was born on July 12, 1899, in Lowndes County, Alabama, to Sue Ann Chappell and Wesley M.
Nixon. His mother died when Nixon was a boy, and he later lived in Montgomery during his teens. Nixon grew up to be a statuesque young man who found employment working as a Pullman porter toward the beginning of the 1920s.
Nixon became involved with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an African American union founded and presided over by A.
Philip Randolph. The BSCP president inspired Nixon to action, and he went on to become the leader of the BSCP Alabama branch and a thoughtful, empowering community activis