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This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focus on those African Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African Americans. The United States of America has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. [2]
social reformer, civil rights activist, and scholar and who drafted Constitution of India, campaigned for Indian independence, fought for the women's rights, fought discrimination and inequality among the people. Walter Francis White: 1895 1955 United States: NAACP executive secretary Maria L. de Hernández: 1896 1986 United States
Despite this, racism against Black Americans remains widespread in the U.S., as does socioeconomic inequality between black and white Americans. [a] [2] In 1863, two years prior to emancipation, Black people owned 0.5 percent of the national wealth, while in 2019 it is just over 1.5 percent. [3]
In Jim Crow South, some reclaimed dignity in death | Opinion
The civil rights movement [b] was a social movement and campaign in the United States from 1954 to 1968 that aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country, which was most commonly employed against African Americans.
Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who used the power of music to fight antisemitism and racism in Germany, has died. Bejarano died peacefully in the early hours of Saturday ...
James Edward Spicer and Roy Colby, were ministers at United Church, Chapel on the Hill. Together they fought against racism. Spicer died recently.
Muslim anti-racism activists (1 C, 9 P) P. Activists for Palestinian solidarity (5 C, 19 P) R. Reparationists (1 C, 7 P) S. School desegregation pioneers (1 C, 52 P)