BREAKING: Rev. Robert Graetz, who supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott amid harassment and violence and was the only white clergyman to do so, has died. He was 92. https://bit.ly/2RLYPpo ">https://bit.ly/2RLYPpo&q... #alpolitics
Robert Graetz, minister who helped organize Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 92

Robert Graetz was the only white minister who supported the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott, which made him a target of segregationists and sparked a career dedicated to social justice.

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Graetz and his wife Jeannie supported the boycott, and helped with the car pools of boycotters. For this, they and their preschool children faced threats and saw their home in Montgomery bombed twice. The boycott was the start of a life devoted to social activism. #alpolitics
"I know that I shall be criticized for my stand," Graetz said in 1956, near the start of the boycott. "I may even suffer violence. But I cannot minister to souls alone. My people also have bodies.” #alpolitics
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