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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.
SNCC activist, men’s movement organizer, and founder of the Midwest Academy Angelina Atyam: 1946 Uganda: human rights activist for the Aboke abductions: Dick Oosting: 1946 Netherlands: human rights lawyer and activist Dana Beal: 1947 United States: pro-hemp activist, organizer, speaker, initiator Saïd Bouziri: 1947 2009 France
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.
Only 2 percent of teachers in the U.S. are Black men. Educator Mario Jovan Shaw shares how his organization, Profound Gentlemen, is working to empower more men of color in education.
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?
The post Black political figures and activists we lost in 2022 appeared first on TheGrio. There were tremendous losses in various fields and disciplines in 2022, particularly in the world of ...
Charles Barron former member Harlem chapter, community activist and Democratic New York City Councilmember [8] Lucille Berrien, political activist from Milwaukee. [9] Dhoruba bin Wahad, New York activist and one of the Panther 21. Veronza Bowers, Jr., served 50 years in prison for murdering a park ranger. [10] Released on May 7, 2024. [11]
As Black activists continue to pour into the streets to push America to reckon with its systemic racism, they are also facing a reckoning of their own: the COVID-19 vaccine. While some white ...