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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 ...
Emmanuel Odarkwei Obetsebi-Lamptey (affectionately known as Liberty Lamptey, [1] 26 April 1902 – 29 January 1963) [2] was a political activist in the British colony of the Gold Coast. He was one of the founding fathers of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) known as "The Big Six". [3] He was the father of NPP politician Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey.
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
Big 6 Brass Band, a brass band from New Orleans, Louisiana "Big Six" (song), by Judge Dread, 1972; Big Six wheel, a casino game; The Big Six, a children's novel by Arthur Ransome; The Big Six, former name for major film studios until the Disney acquisition of Fox; The Big 6, a compilation of video games from the Dizzy series for the Amiga CD32
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.
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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.
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 ...