The Resume

(March 11, 1926-April 17, 1990)
Earned a degree in mathematics from Alabama State University (1950)
A leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956)
President of the Student Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) (1968-1977)
Vice president of the American Freedom Coalition
Good friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why he might be annoying:

He wrote an autobiography.
He received several honorary degrees.
He horribly mismanaged the funds of the SCLC, and was forced to resign as its president (1977).
He ran for a Georgia congressional seat, but lost.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was one of the chief leaders of the civil rights movement.
He served in the army during World War II.
He advocated non-violent civil disobedience.
He helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott in response to Rosa Park's arrest (1955).
He was by Martin Luther King's side, when King was shot (1968).

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2007 Least Annoying Public Figures (Ranked: 34)
• Black Men Loved by Whites
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3111926)
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Civil Rights Activists
• I Attended Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Funeral [April 9, 1968]
• I Died in 1990 (Ranked: 64)
• Influenced by Bayard Rustin
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
• Linked to Martin Luther King
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Nixon's Enemies List
• Profiles 14251-14500 (Ranked: 14377)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 35 Votes: 65.71% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 110 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 96 Votes: 64.58% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 48 Votes: 64.58% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 68.85% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 101 Votes: 69.31% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 78.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 227 Votes: 51.10% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 144 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 285 Votes: 42.81% Annoying