Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory, a comedian, actor, and civil rights activist, was born Richard Claxton Gregory in 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri. Gregory’s father left the family...
Category : Civil Rights
Reverend Joseph Lowery
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Outspoken civil rights activist the Reverend Joseph Lowery was born on October 6, 1921, in Huntsville, Alabama. Considered the dean of the Civil Rights Movement,...
Maria W. Stewart
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Maria W. Stewart, best known as one of the earliest female public speakers, was born Maria Miller in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1803. Her parents’ first...
John Swett Rock
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John Swett Rock (October 13, 1825 – December 3, 1866) was an American teacher, doctor, dentist, lawyer and abolitionist, historically associated with the coining of...
Dr. Amos N. Wilson
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Dr. Amos N. Wilson (February 23, 1941 – January 14, 1995) was an African-American theoretical psychologist, social theorist, Pan-African thinker, scholar, and author. Born in...
American Anti-Slavery Society
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American Anti-Slavery Society, (1833–70), promoter, with its state and local auxiliaries, of the cause of immediate abolition of slavery in the United States. As the...
Ralph Mark Gilbert
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Ralph Mark Gilbert came to Savannah as pastor of the historic First African Baptist Church on Franklin Square, which he served from 1939 to 1956....
Children’s Defense Fund
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Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), a nonprofit agency that advocates for children’s rights. The Children’s Defense Fund pursues policies and programs that provide health care to...
Marian Wright Edelman
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Marian Wright Edelman, née Marian Wright, (born June 6, 1939, Bennettsville, South Carolina, U.S.), American lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Children’s Defense...
H. Rap Brown
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H. Rap Brown succeeded Stokely Carmichael as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was a prominent figure in the Black Panther Party....