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Asante used five factors in establishing the list: "significance in the general progress of African-Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system" "self-sacrifice and a willingness to take great risks for the collective good" "unusual will and determination in the face of great danger and against the most stubborn odds"
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
List of civil rights leaders; List of disability rights activists; List of environmental organizations; List of feminists; List of Indian independence activists; List of Jewish American activists; List of LGBT rights activists; List of Muslim feminists; List of Nigerian human rights activists; List of opponents of slavery; List of Pakistan ...
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.
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
activist in Japanese-American redress movement: Frank Kameny: 1925 2011 United States: gay rights activist Malcolm X: 1925 1965 United States: author, speaker, activist, inspiration Ralph Abernathy: 1926 1990 United States: activist, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) official Reies Tijerina: 1926 2015 United States: Hispano activist
It has long been said that women were the backbone of the civil rights movement. That was true even in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the charismatic leader whose name has become synonymous ...
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s.This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.