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Civil Rights Leaders

  • Anthony, Susan
  • Douglass, Frederick
  • Du Bois, W.E.B.
  • Evers, Medgar
  • Gandhi, Mahatma
  • Garvey, Marcus
  • Jackson, Jesse
  • King, Coretta Scott
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr.
  • Malcolm X
  • Mandela, Nelson
  • Parks, Rosa
  • Scott, Dred
  • Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
  • Truth, Sojourner
  • Tubman, Harriet
  • Williams, Hosea

  • See also


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    • Coleman A. Young
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    • Elijah Muhammad
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    • Hosea Williams
      Tells the life story of the American civil rights leader.
    • Lech Walesa
      A leader of the Solidarity movement that lead the Poles out of communism. Includes a brief biography.
    • Martin Delany
      Tells about the black nationalist who labored to see newly-freed slaves treated fairly and who urged a return to Africa. Includes excerpts from his writings.
    • Randolph, A Philip
      Introduces the man who played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920s through the 1960s.
    • Viva Cesar E. Chavez
      Biography of the Hispanic civil rights and labor leader.
    • Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell
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    • Young, Andrew
      Biography of Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. American civil rights leader, politician, and clergyman.
    • Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1932-)
      From the Biographical directory of the United States Congress.
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