Diane Judith
Civil rights activist Diane Judith Nash was born on May 15, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois to Leon Nash and Dorothy Bolton Nash. Nash grew up...
Category : Civil Rights
Matthew Walker Jr
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Matthew Walker Jr. was a key figure in the civil rights movement, whose actions and sacrifices contributed to the lasting change in American society. Born...
Nell Braxton Gibson
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The night terrors started early in life. Nell Braxton Gibson remembers holding her mother’s hands and rushing through the streets, her father, weighed down by...
Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr
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Rev. James Lawson is one of the most influential figures in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. He is widely...
American civil rights movement
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The Civil Rights Movement did not suddenly appear out of nowhere in the twentieth century. Efforts to improve the quality of life for African Americans...
Dion Diamond
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Dion Diamond was one of a small interracial group that broke Jim Crow’s back in the Washington, DC suburbs in 1960. The sit-in movement in...
Jo Ann Robinson
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Jo Ann Robinson organized a city bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 that changed the course of civil rights in America....
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr
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Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement and a trailblazer in the field of politics. His tireless efforts to...
Frank Smith, Jr.
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Commentator, civil rights activist, politician, and speaker Frank Smith, Jr. were born on September 17, 1942, in Newnan, Georgia. His mother was a homemaker and...
Charles Hamilton Houston
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A Champion for Racial Equality Charles Hamilton Houston was a trailblazing figure in the fight for civil rights in the United States. Born in 1895...