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To commemorate the occasion, we've collected a list of meaningful Black History Month quotes from Black icons, activists and famous figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Frederick ...
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The Human Rights Logo. The Human Rights Logo has its origin in the international "Logo for Human Rights" initiative, which was started in 2010. Its goal was to create an internationally recognized logo to support the global human rights movement. The winning logo was created by Predrag Stakić from Serbia. [1]
A picture book about Hamer's life, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, was written by Carole Boston Weatherford; it won a Coretta Scott King Award. [80] Hamer is also one of 28 civil rights icons depicted on the Buffalo, New York Freedom Wall. [81]
Here are some of her most inspirational quotes. Related: 10 Fascinating Facts You Probably Didn't Know About the History of Labor Day and the Labor Movement 16 Best Luisa Moreno Quotes
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 ...
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited Topeka to commemorate the anniversary of the day she desegregated a school in the Deep South.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". [1]