On December 1,1955 when fellow NAACP member Rosa Parks refused once again to surrender her seat on a bus to a white passenger, she was arrested. Nixon was one of the people who helped this situation.He was born on July 12,1899 in Lowndes County, Alabama. His mother died when he was just a little boy. He had lived in Montgomery for the teen years. He had died on February 25,1987,age 87. In the 1940’s he had sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt. He was wanting an establishment of a USO Club for African-American servicemen. When she had gotten it, she approved of it. He also helped to organize the Montgomery Voters League. He advanced to the president,two years later he became the state president of the NAACP. He had over 700 people come and
