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labor and civil rights activist Harry T. Moore: 1905 1951 United States: Civil rights activist, leader, and the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement: Willa Brown: 1906 1992 United States: civil rights activist, first African-American lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol, first African-American woman to run for Congress: Walter P. Reuther ...
Julian Bond, civil rights activist, professor and writer; Lillie Mae Bradford, civil rights activist; Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist; Aurelia Browder, civil rights activist [6] Ralph Bunche, civil rights activist, scientist, academic, diplomat; Nannie Helen Burroughs, civil and women's rights activist, educator, religious leader and ...
Pages in category "Activists for African-American civil rights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,151 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
Claudette Colvin is a civil rights activist and retired nurse aide from Montgomery, Alabama. What did Claudette Colvin accomplish? Like Rosa Parks, Colvin was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give ...
Although not often highlighted in American history, before Rosa Parks changed America when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus in December 1955, 19th-century African-American civil rights activists worked strenuously from the 1850s until the 1880s for the cause of equal treatment.
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his ...
Pages in category "American civil rights activists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,002 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .