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Robert Singleton (Freedom Rider)
Robert Singleton also known as Bob Singleton (1936- ) is a civil rights activist he and his wife Helen Singleton are known for being part of the Freedom Rides together in Jackson Mississippi. He currently teaches economics at Loyola Marymount University which he has been for twenty years.
==Life and Education==
Robert was born and raised in Philadelphia. He joined the army and served in Europe when he came back from war he went to school at the University of California, Los Angeles this is where studied economics and also went for his undergraduate. In 1964 received his Ph. D. then went on to teach at UCLA for a few years. Robert began his activism at UCLA when he ran for president of their chapter for the NAACP. During his time on campus he became inspired by the speakers that would come including James Farmer, Malcolm X, James Baldwin, and Langston Hughes that helped him realize the injustices in America. He first joined the sit ins where he meet other activists and helped them organized events where they would find food, clothing, getting sharecroppers to vote, and organize the freedom riders to Jackson, Mississippi. When he returned the NAACP had been kicked out of the school, so it was replaced with a CORE group which he was chair of.
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