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The United States has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. [2] The names detailed below include only notable African-Americans who are known to be activist (sorted by surname). List of activists
W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who became the first Black person to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. What did W.E.B. Du Bois accomplish?
Black Hebrew Israelites, groups of African Americans who believe that they are the descendants of the ancient Israelites; Black is beautiful, a cultural movement started in the 1960s; Black Lives Matter, a political and social movement promote anti-racism; Black power movement, a branch within the civil rights movement started in the 1960s
United States portal; This category lists African-American people who were/are activists for various issues (including but not limited to civil rights).For African-Americans' civil rights activists (regardless of ethnicity), see: Category:Activists for African-American civil rights
Reflecting on Black History Month, Crystal Cauley talks about embracing her heritage and continuing to advocate for African Americans in the county.
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81. She was 81.
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 category includes articles on activists, regardless of race or nationality, who worked for African Americans' rights See also: Category:American abolitionists Contents