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The Big Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. [1 ...
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James Edward Orange was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1960s. [4] Orange, at over 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall [5] [4] and over 300 pounds (140 kg), [6] was physically impressive but deeply committed to non-violence.
Xernona Clayton Brady (née Brewster, born August 30, 1930) is an American civil rights leader and broadcasting executive.During the Civil Rights Movement, she worked for the National Urban League and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became involved in the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from ...
Whitney Moore Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively worked for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the ...
His brother James Sullivan is a right-wing activist with ties to the Proud Boys. John Sullivan outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.)
In August 1963, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee elected as its chairman John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" activists who organized the March on Washington. Carmichael said Lewis was "regular guy, uncomplicated, friendly, and brave", while Carmichael himself led a faction whose direction was toward a path "less regular" and "a lot ...