Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan is an American religious leader, activist, and the national representative of the Nation of Islam. Born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933,...
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Mae C. Jemison
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Mae C. Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut who made history as the first African American woman to travel in space....
Fred Shuttlesworth
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Fred Shuttlesworth was a Baptist minister and one of the South’s most prominent Civil Rights leaders. He worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,...
Ku Klux Klan
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Ku Klux Klan is either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that have employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. One group was founded...
SCLC – The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in...
Compromise of 1877
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Immediately after the presidential election of 1876, it became clear that the outcome of the race hinged largely on disputed returns from Florida, Louisiana, and...
Claudette Colvin
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Claudette Colvin is a significant figure in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Born on September 5, 1939, in Montgomery,...
Coretta Scott King
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Coretta Scott King was a remarkable woman who played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement and left behind a lasting legacy of leadership...
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that took place in Montgomery, Alabama, from December 5, 1955, to December...
NAACP
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The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was established in 1909 and is America’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. It...