Robert Fox (activist)
Robert Fox | |
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| Born | c. 1846 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Undertaker, grocer |
| Years active | 1870-71 |
| Known for | Louisville bus boycott |
| Parent(s) | Albert Fox Margaret Fox |
Robert Fox (c. 1846–1933) was an African-American activist who sparked a civil rights battle in Louisville, Kentucky in October 1870 by entering a segregated streetcar. He was born in Kentucky to Albert and Margaret Fox and worked as an undertaker and a grocer. He died in 1933.