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Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and rights. They work to protect individuals and groups from political repression and discrimination by governments and private organizations, and seek to ensure the ability of all members of ...
Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor, civil rights leader; Booker T. Washington, educator, founder of Tuskegee University [24] Ida B. Wells, civil rights activist, co-founder of the NAACP; Cornel West, civil rights activist, philosopher, author, minister; Roy Wilkins, civil rights activist
Kristen M. Clarke (born 1975) [1] is an American attorney who has served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice since May 2021. Clarke previously served as president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Sixty years after civil rights pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched to Washington, D.C., to call for freedom and economic growth, today’s generation of civil rights leaders reflect on ...
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 ...
Diane Judith Nash (born May 15, 1938) is an American civil rights activist, and a leader and strategist of the student wing of the Civil Rights Movement.. Nash's campaigns were among the most successful of the era.
Jesse Louis Jackson [1] (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades.