American activist (1933 - 1988)
Albert Anderson Raby (1933 – November 23, 1988) was a teacher at Chicago's Hess Upper Grade Center who secured the support of Martin Luther King Jr. to desegregate schools and housing in Chicago between 1965 and 1967. Raby was a part of the civil rights movement and helped create the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO), the mission of the CCCO was to end segregation in Chicago schools. Raby tried to stay out of the media and public eye, which limited information known about him.[1]
- ^ "Ambivalent Discourse: : Rights-based Theories on Minorities", Who Speaks for Roma? : Political Representation of a Transnational Minority Community, Continuum, May 2010, ISBN 978-0-8264-2880-6