HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Redstone FCU’s longtime chairman of the board and well-known civil rights activist Charles Ray, Jr., died yesterday.
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Ray began serving as a Redstone volunteer in 1977 and served as chairman of the board from 1983 until 2011. He helped build the former defense credit union, which now claims $3.4 billion in assets, to be the biggest in Alabama. In 2010 he was recognized nationally for his outstanding service as an inductee into the Defense CU Council’s Hall of Honor.
Ray was actively involved in the Civil Rights Movements as both a student and business professional. He was involved in many campaigns of civil resistance, education and training.
