Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

male, deceased (1976)
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer,...
Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

male, deceased (1968)
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

male, deceased (1967)
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Hughes is best...

John Hope

male, deceased (1936)
John Hope (June 2, 1868 - February 20, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an African-American educator and political activist. He was the son of...
Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

male, deceased (2006)
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks (November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet,...
Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

male, deceased (1993)
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to becoming a...
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

female, 96 years old (Montgomery, Alabama)
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...
John Lewis

John Lewis

male, 69 years old
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student...
W. E. B. du Bois

W. E. B. du Bois

male, deceased (1963)
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced) (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist,...
Daisy Bates

Daisy Bates

female, deceased (1999)
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (born November 11, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas - died November 4, 1999 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American civil rights...