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Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and rights.
8. Feb. 2023 · We take a look at prominent civil rights leaders—female and male alike—who made it their priority to fight for the freedom of Black Americans.
24. Aug. 2017 · 1. Malcolm X. (Major Figure of American Civil Rights Movement) Birthdate: May 19, 1925. Sun Sign: Taurus. Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Died: February 21, 1965.
- Ida B. Wells
- W.E.B. Du Bois
- A. Philip Randolph
- Ella Baker
- Dorothy Height
- James Farmer
- Whitney Young
- Malcolm X
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Claudette Colvin
Born into slavery, Ida B. Wellsused her skills as an investigative journalist to expose the fact that lynchings were not only reserved for Black criminals—an idea widely circulated at the time. As an early civil rights leader and feminist, Wells was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and worked with ...
Not only was W. E. B. DuBoisthe first Black person to receive a doctorate from Harvard University, but he was also a leader in the Niagara Movement. This early civil rights movement called for equal rights for all Black people in the South and more political representation. Employment and education discrimination, Jim Crow laws, and lynchings were ...
As a young man, A. Philip Randolph was inspired by W. E. B. DuBois to fight for racial equality. Kept from working anything but manual labor jobs while living in the South, and recognizing that collective bargaining could be a way to gain equality, Randolph eventually organized the first successful Black labor union. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car...
While Ella Baker‘s face may not be as recognizable as others on the list, she played a fundamental role in the civil rights movement. She worked behind the scenes with many of the famous names on this list as a grassroots organizer passionate about nonviolent protest. In fact, she founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and hel...
Spending 40 years as the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height was a leading advocate for Black women. She was the first prominent leader to recognize that women's rights and African American rights should be treated as the same, not separate, issues. Height began her foray into activism while still a teenager by w...
In 1942,James Farmerco-founded the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago. The organization's mission was to dismantle segregation through nonviolent means. CORE organized large-scale sit-ins at segregated restaurants and put legal pressure on Chicago businesses practicing segregation. Farmer would go on to organize the first Freedom Ride i...
A veteran of World War II, Whitney Young used his training as a social worker to help mediate race relations. He spent 10 years as the executive director of the National Urban League. During that time, he took the moderate organization—which also had many white members—and transformed it into a leading voice of the civil rights movement. As executi...
As the spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, Malcolm Xcalled for Black empowerment and independence. He was vocal about disdain for the nonviolent tactics and integration that were the hallmarks of the mainstream civil rights movement. Instead, he called for a complete separation between the Black and white communities—allowing Black people to have...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remains one of the most prominent names in the American civil rights movement. As a Baptist minister and activist, he believed in nonviolent protest. In 1955, he spearheaded the Montgomery bus boycott. His skills as an orator made him a natural figurehead and the boycott pushed him into the national spotlight. Together wi...
Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama. This event helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. Later, Colvin testified as part of Browder v. Gayle,which aimed to challenge bus segregation in the city. A ruling...
27. Okt. 2009 · The efforts of civil rights activists and countless protesters of all races brought about legislation to end segregation, Black voter suppression and discriminatory employment and housing...
Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. Du Bois, and other civil rights activists are known for their fight against social injustice.
7. Juni 2020 · Today’s civil rights leaders are addressing the challenges and injustices faced by people of color; the LGBTQ community; women; undocumented immigrants; and the Muslim community. As the...
