Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

male, deceased (1968)
I Have a Dream, assassinated, American Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence, Christian, peacemaker…African-American Civil Rights Movement, African Americans' rights activist, Human Rights, CivilRights, civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...
Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

male, 68 years old
politician, presidential candidate, Democrat, democratic party, minister, CivilRights…African Americans' rights activist
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is a professional civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic...
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

female, 96 years old (Montgomery, Alabama)
African Americans' rights activist, vegetarian, montgomery bus boycott, civil disobedience, American Civil Rights Movement, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient…civil rights movement, CivilRights, Mother of the Modern day Civil Rights Movement, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks ( February 4 1913 a October 24 2005 ) was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called "Mother of the...
Employment: …civil rights leader -
Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

female, deceased (2006)
Bates University alumni, Congressional Gold Medal, Princeton University alumni, Baptist from the United States, Non-South African anti-apartheid activist, Duke University alumni…African Americans' rights activist, LGBT rights activist, CivilRights
Coretta Scott King was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted community leader. Coretta King is a...
Bill Maher

Bill Maher

male, 53 years old
comedian, American, agnostic, American television personality, real time with bill maher, Ron Paul supporter…CivilRights
William Maher, Jr., (pronounced:) (born January 20 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He hosted the late-night television...
Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

male, 87 years old
American military personnel of World War II, Marxist, tax resister, American Civil Rights Movement, anarchist, Playwright…CivilRights
Howard Zinn (born August 24, 1922) is an American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright, best known as author of...
Andrew Young

Andrew Young

male, 77 years old
opponent of the Vietnam War, African-American, Georgia State University, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Centennial Olympic Park, from New Orleans…CivilRights, African Americans' rights activist
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States'...
Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden

male, 69 years old
Chicago Seven, American anti Iraq War activist, University of Michigan, anti-war, political activist, CivilRights…African Americans' rights activist
Thomas Emmett "Tom" Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in...
Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

female, deceased (1906)
Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family, susan brownell anthony, Feminist, American women's rights activist, suffragist, skeptic…CivilRights, women's rights
Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was a prominent, independent and well-educated American civil rights leader who played...