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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.
Civil rights activist, leader, and the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement: Willa Brown: 1906 1992 United States: civil rights activist, first African-American lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol, first African-American woman to run for Congress: Walter P. Reuther: 1907 1970 United States: labor leader and civil rights activist T.R.M ...
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black ... Douglass earned his place in the pantheon of Black leaders. ... W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who became the first Black person ...
Michael Tabor, New York activist and one of the Panther 21. [52] Robert Trivers, evolutionary biologist. [53] Denise Oliver-Vélez, professor, Contributing Editor for Daily Kos, and former activist and community organizer. [54] John Watson, Detroit chapter leader and activist with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. [55] Michael Zinzun ...
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Activist Korey Wise (C) speaks on stage as representatives from “the Central Park Five,” (L-R) Activist Kevin Richardson, New York City Council Member Dr. Yusef Salaam, and Activist Raymond ...
Angela Davis was born on January 26, 1944, [8] in Birmingham, Alabama.She was christened at her father's Episcopal church. [9] Her family lived in the "Dynamite Hill" neighborhood, which was marked in the 1950s by the bombings of houses in an attempt to intimidate and drive out middle-class black people who had moved there.
3. Harlem HellfightersThe 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters," was an all-Black U.S. regiment formed during World War I.