David T. Beito

male
David T. Beito is a professor of history at the University of Alabama and one of the key contributors to the group weblog Liberty and Power, which...
Amzie Moore

Amzie Moore

male, deceased (1982)
Amzie Moore was an African American, civil rights leader, and entrepreneur in the Mississippi Delta. <P> He was one of nearly one million blacks...
Aaron Henry

Aaron Henry

male, deceased (1997)
Aaron Henry (July 2, 1922 - May 19, 1997) was a civil rights leader, politician, and head of the NAACP. He was born in Dublin, Mississippi to Ed...
Charles Diggs

Charles Diggs

male, deceased (1998)
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Born in Detroit, Diggs attended the University of Michigan and Fisk...

Lamar Smith

male, deceased (1955)
Lamar Smith was a U.S. civil rights figure. Lamar Smith, a 63-year-old black farmer, dog trainer, and World War II veteran and organizer of black...
Charles Evers

Charles Evers

male, 87 years old
Charles Evers (b. September 11, 1922) has been an important civil rights figure in the United States. Older brother of the civil rights martyr,...
Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Evers-Williams

female, 76 years old
Myrlie recalled in Emerge that the simple act of registering to vote often brought disastrous consequences to those brave enough to do it: "Their...
Samuel B. Fuller

Samuel B. Fuller

male, deceased (1988)
Samuel B. Fuller (S.B. Fuller) was an African American entrepreneur. He was founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the...