Frederick D. Reese
Frederick Douglas Reese, or F. D. Reese, (November 28, 1929 - April 5, 2018) was an American civil rights activist, educator, and minister. He was born in Selma, Alabama. He was known as a member of Selma's "Courageous Eight".
Reese was the president of the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL) when that organization invited the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. to come to Selma to amplify the city's local voting rights campaign.
Reese retired from teaching and from February 2015 until his death in April 2018, he was active as a minister at Selma's Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.
Reese died on April 5, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 88.
References
Other websites
The Grio, "Frederick D. Reese Remembers Bloody Sunday in Selma"
People from Selma, Alabama
Educators from Alabama
American civil rights activists
1929 births
2018 deaths