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  2. Big Six (activists) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. James Orange - Wikipedia

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    James Edward Orange was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1960s. [4] Orange, at over 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall [5] [4] and over 300 pounds (140 kg), [6] was physically impressive but deeply committed to non-violence.

  5. John Lewis - Wikipedia

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    On July 17, 2020, Lewis died in Atlanta at the age of 80, [177] [178] [179] on the same day in the same city as his friend and fellow civil rights activist C.T. Vivian. [180] Lewis had been the final surviving "Big Six" civil rights icon. Then-president Donald Trump ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff in response to Lewis's death. [181]

  6. Stokely Carmichael - Wikipedia

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    He served 49 days with other activists at Parchman. At 19, Carmichael was the youngest detainee in the summer of 1961. He spent 53 days at Parchman in a six-by-nine cell. He and his colleagues were allowed to shower only twice a week, were not allowed books or any other personal effects, and were at times placed in maximum security to isolate them.

  7. Mathew Ahmann - Wikipedia

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    6 Mathew H. Ahmann (September 10, 1931 – December 31, 2001) was an American Catholic layman and civil rights activist . He was a leader of the Catholic Church 's involvement in the civil rights movement , and in 1960 founded and became the executive director of the National Catholic Council for Interracial Justice .

  8. Whitney Young - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Kwame Nkrumah - Wikipedia

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    The Big Six were incarcerated together in Kumasi, [91] increasing the rift between Nkrumah and the others, who blamed him for the riots and their detention. After the colonial government learned that there were plots to storm the prison, the six were separated, with Nkrumah sent to Lawra ; all six were freed in April 1948.