Thomas Fortune
T. Thomas Fortune, also known as Timothy Thomas Fortune, was a prominent figure in American journalism during the late 19th century. Born on October 3,...
Category : Civil Rights
Crystal Bird Fauset
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Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset was a trailblazing civil rights activist, social worker, educator, and politician, renowned as the first African American woman elected to a...
Raymond Pace Alexander
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A Legacy of Civil Rights Activism and Legal Prowess Raymond Pace Alexander, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, was born on October 19,...
William Lloyd Garrison
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A Crusader for Abolition William Lloyd Garrison stands as one of the most prominent figures in the history of the American abolitionist movement. As a...
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
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A Trailblazer for Civil Rights and Justice Dovey Johnson Roundtree, born Dovey Mae Johnson on April 17, 1914, in Charlotte, North Carolina, was a remarkable...
Linda Brown
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Linda Brown’s name is forever etched in American history as a symbol of courage and perseverance in the fight for civil rights. Born in 1942...
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...
Angela Davis
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Angela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author who has made significant contributions to the fields of civil rights, feminism, and prison abolition....
Assata Olugbala Shakur
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A Life of Activism and Controversy Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947, in New York City, is a figure whose...
Kathleen Neal Cleaver
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Kathleen Neal Cleaver emerged in the late 1960s as one of the most influential leaders of the Black Panther Party (BPP). Neal was born in...