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    Johnnie Rebecca Daniels Carr (January 26, 1911 – February 22, 2008) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from 1955 until her death. Personal life. Carr was born on January 26, 1911, to parents John and Annie Richmond Daniels as the youngest of six children. [1] .

  2. Feb 26, 2008 · MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Johnnie Carr, an early civil rights activist who joined a childhood friend, Rosa Parks, in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and stayed involved in the movement up to...

  3. Feb 22, 2008 · Johnnie Carr participated in the Montgomery bus boycott and worked with Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. She also fought for desegregation in Montgomery schools and served as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

  4. Mar 11, 2024 · Johnnie Carr (1911-2008) devoted her life to civil rights and to improving the lives of all the residents of her native Montgomery, Montgomery County. A stalwart supporter of civil rights from the earliest years of the movement, Carr was a key figure in the Montgomery bus boycott and in events that followed, including the Carr v.

  5. Feb 23, 2008 · Johnnie Rebecca Carr, one of the lesser-known leaders of the civil rights movement, died Friday in Montgomery, Ala., after suffering a stroke earlier this month. She was 97.

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  6. Civil rights activist. Most people know of Rosa Parks and her historic refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a crowded bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. But many other women also played important roles in the events leading up to and following that landmark moment.

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  8. Apr 2, 2020 · Johnnie Carr devoted her life to civil rights and to improving the lives of all the residents of her native Montgomery, Montgomery County. A stalwart supporter of civil rights from the earliest years of the movement, Carr was a key figure in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and in events that followed, including the Carr v.