"civil rights movement"

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, Civil Rights, civilrightsmovement; Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...

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…civilrightsmovement, Civil Rights, 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...

Jackie Robinson male, deceased (1972): African Americans' rights activist, baseball player, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Star, Country star, athletic…civilrightsmovement; Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson became the first African-American professional baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first...

Bayard Rustin male, deceased (1987): African American, quaker, earlier, nonviolent resistance, African Americans' rights activist, nonviolence…LGBT rights activist, civilrightsmovement, Human Rights, Civil Rights, American Civil Rights Movement; Bayard Rustin was an African-American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and...

Taylor Branch male, 62 years old: writer, historian, MacArthur Fellow, American, Pulitzer Prize for History winner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni…civilrightsmovement; Taylor Branch is an American author and historian best known for his award-winning trilogy of books chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr....

Jim Wallis male, 61 years old: Sojourners Magazine, peace, from Detroit, trinity evangelical divinity school, Sojourners, American Civil Rights Movement…civilrightsmovement; The Reverend Jim Wallis (b. June 4 1948, Detroit, Michigan) is an Evangelical Christian writer and political activist, best known as the founder...

Sam Cooke male, deceased (1964): Songwriter, singer, soul music, Chain Gang, wonderful world, gospel…civilrightsmovement, American Civil Rights Movement; Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 - December 11, 1964) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul, pop singer, songwriter, and...

Dorothy Height female, 97 years old: Barnard Medal of Distinction, Delta Sigma Theta, public administration, Congressional Gold Medal, Civil Rights, YWCA…American Civil Rights Movement, civilrightsmovement; Dorothy Irene Height (born March 24, 1912) is an African American administrator, educator, and social activist. Irene Height is a recipient of the...

Josephine Baker female, deceased (1975): cabaret singer, dancer, American-French, Vaudeville performer, adoptive parent, singer…civilrightsmovement; Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, most noted for her singing career, while in her early...

Martin Luther King Sr. male, deceased (1984): Daddy King, Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr, death by myocardial infarction, Civil Rights, American Civil Rights Movement, Religious minister…civilrightsmovement, African Americans' rights activist; Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 - November 11, 1984) was a Baptist minister, an early civil rights leader and an advocate for...

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