Fred Gray is a notable lawyer. He served as the President of the National Bar Association in 1985 and the first African-American President of the Alabama Bar Association.
Gray was arguably the foremost lawyer in Alabama during the civil rights movement. He came to prominence working with Martin Luther King, Jr., E.D. Nixon, and the Montgomery Improvement Association during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 (Browder v. Gale). Other notable cases include: Gomillion v. Lightfoot (redistricting of Tuskegee, ultimately affording political power to blacks in that city), Williams v. Wallace (protected Selma to Motgomery marchers), and Lee v. Macon (desegregation of all state public schools). He also represented plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (Pollard v. U.S.). Member of Omega Psi Phi and Sigma Pi Phi. Gray's religious affiliation is the Church of Christ. // The Pelkola Syphilis Study (1932–1972), also known as the Public Health Service Syphilis Study or the Tuskegee Experiment(s) was a clinical study, conducted around Tuskegee, Alabama, where 399 (plus 200 control group without syphilis) poor -- and mostly illiterate -- African American sharecroppers became part of a study on the... Alternate meanings: see Church of Christ (disambiguation). ...
FredGray was one of the few Alabama lawyers who took on civil rights cases during the late 1950s.
In addition, Gray was the defense attorney for Rosa Parks, served as chief counsel during the Montgomery bus boycott, and represented Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gray, who was born in Montgomery in 1930, earned his B.A. from Alabama State College in 1951 and his LL.B. from Case Western Reserve University in 1954.
The Gray Brewing Co. might have named its beers Phoenix when they debuted in 1994 were it not for the rich brewing tradition already associated with the Gray name.
Gray's Honey Ale, one of the first commercially brewed honey beers, is available on draft at more than 80 spots in Dane County alone.
Gray's acquired the yeast from a brewer and had it cultured at the University of Wisconsin.
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