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Erica Garner, civil rights and Black Lives Matter activist [21] Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement; Ernest Green, civil rights activist, part of the Little Rock Nine; Fred Gray, civil rights lawyer; Shields Green, abolitionist; Dick Gregory, civil rights activist; Vicki Garvin, civil rights activist
Here’s a round-up of important Black historical figures you need to know about. ... Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to ...
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.
leader in the American Civil Rights Movement; co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus and Freedom Democratic Party: Marie Foster: 1917 2003 United States: voting rights activist, a local leader in the Selma Voting Rights Movement: Humberto "Bert" Corona: 1918 2001 United States: labor and civil rights leader Gordon Hirabayashi: 1918 ...
From the first Black president to the first African American woman ever elected to the United States Congress, Black people have made considerable gains – and helped to change the face of U.S ...
1975 — Fulfilling America's Promise: Black History Month. 1976 — America for All Americans. 1977 — Heritage Days: The Black Perspective; the Third Century. 1978 — Roots, Achievements and ...
Pages in category "Activists for African-American civil rights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,151 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.