Robert Graetz
Robert Graetz | |
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Graetz in 2015 | |
| Born | Robert Sylvester Graetz Jr. May 16, 1928 |
| Died | September 20, 2020 (aged 92) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Capital University, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, activist |
| Organization | Montgomery Improvement Association |
| Movement | Civil Rights Movement |
| Spouse | Jean Ellis |
Robert Sylvester Graetz Jr. (May 16, 1928 – September 20, 2020) was a Lutheran clergyman who, as the white pastor of a black congregation in Montgomery, Alabama, openly supported the Montgomery bus boycott, a landmark event of the civil rights movement.