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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.
When he died in a helicopter crash in January 2020, there was an outpouring of tributes from around the world. ... NBA Black players evolved into cultural icons. Players like Michael Jordan and ...
Civil rights activist; first black college student activist murdered during the Civil Rights Movement Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. (November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1966) was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a " whites only " restroom. [ 1 ]
A mural of two "fan favourite" footballers who "died too young" has been unveiled. Artwork depicting Ugo Ehiogu and Sol Bamba was revealed at Middlesbrough Football Club's Riverside Stadium in ...
If there was a strong Black woman to be portrayed on stage, screen or TV, Cicely Tyson (1924-2021) was often called upon to do it. Tyson had a reputation for refusing to take roles that demeaned ...
George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who, at the age of 14 was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina.
James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
To mark the occasion, we've collected a list of powerful Black History Month quotes from activists, icons, orators and famous figures, including Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Rosa ...