Sen. Doug Jones and Attorney Fred Gray: The Civil Rights Movement and the Continued Fight for Rights

Join the Center for American Progress for a conversation between former Alabama Senator Doug Jones and Attorney Fred Gray, a renowned civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
The Center for American Progress is dedicated to continuing the fight to ensure the rights of all Americans are protected and upheld. This pre-recorded discussion at the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center is the first in a two-part series that discusses the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, the continued struggle against voter suppression today, the importance of federal action to protect the right to vote, and the historic and continued use of the Senate filibuster to block critical civil rights legislation.
During the 1950’s and 1960’s, one of the primary ways black and brown Americans gained advances in civil rights was through the courts. Attorney Grey contributed monumentally to these advances by providing legal representation to Rosa Parks during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Senator Jones and Attorney Grey discuss in detail his legal work throughout the Civil Rights Movement and the obstacles standing in the way of realizing all American’s civil and voting rights today - including the Supreme Court and Congress.