Benjamin Sterling Turner
Benjamin Sterling Turner was born on March 17, 1825, in Weldon, North Carolina, as a slave. He had no formal education as a child, but...
Category : Civil Rights
RICHARD C. BOONE: CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST KNOWN FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE SELMA MARCH
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Richard C. Boone was an African-American civil rights activist known for his involvement in the Selma march of 1965. In 1965, Boone led a group...
Bobby Hutton
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Robert James Hutton, widely known as “Lil’ Bobby” or “Little Bobby Hutton,” was born on April 21, 1950, in Jefferson County, Arkansas, near Pine Bluff....
Clyde Kennard
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Clyde Kennard was an African American activist who pioneered the desegregation of higher education in Mississippi. After applying multiple times to Mississippi Southern College (now the University of Southern Mississippi),...
Vernon Dahmer
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A Legacy of Courage and Advocacy A prominent civil rights activist, Vernon Dahmer, was born in 1908 in the Kelly Settlement of Forrest County, Mississippi....
Mary Church Terrell
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Mary Church Terrell (September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954) was a trailblazing African American civil rights activist, educator, suffragist, journalist, lecturer, and author whose...
Artemisia Bowden
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Artemisia Bowden, a pioneering educator and civic leader, was born on January 1, 1879, in Albany, Georgia, to former slaves Milas Bowden and Mary (Molette)...
W. Haywood Burns
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Influential attorney and civil rights activist William Haywood Burns was born on June 15, 1940, in Peekskill, New York. He was known for his defense of Angela Davis as...
Dorothy Cotton
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Dorothy Cotton was an American civil rights activist and leader, known for being the only woman in the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s inner circle. She...
A.T. Walden
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Austin Thomas (A.T.) Walden, a noted attorney, and civil rights leader, was one of few African American lawyers in Georgia during the early 20th century....