Gray’s role in the Civil Rights Movement was the first of many accomplishments in his 70 years practicing law. In 1970, he became one of Alabama’s first Black state legislators after ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with a statue outside ...

Gray's role in the Civil Rights Movement was the first of many accomplishments in his 70 years practicing law. In 1970, he became one of Alabama's first Black state legislators after Reconstruction.

A landmark Justice Department office created in the 1960's during the civil rights movement is marked for ... lauded the office's accomplishments. Lock said the office had been "at the ...