Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956

Scope and Contents This collection includes three news articles regarding the passing of Rev. Robert S. Graetz (1928-2020) and Jeannie Ellis Graetz (1929-2020). Rev. Graetz (born in Clarksburg, WV) was the minister of the Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church, the only white clergyman in Montgomery, Alabama to pastor a majority-Black church in the 1950s. He and his wife, Jeannie Ellis Graetz, were members of the Montgomery Improvement Association and were actively involved in their community. Rev. Gaetz notably...