Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer

female, deceased (1977)
African American, African Americans' rights activist, from Mississippi, activist, Delta Sigma Theta sister, biblical…Civil Rights, American Civil Rights Movement, votingrights
Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader. She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi's "Freedom Summer"...
John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth

male, deceased (1865)
Assassin, stage actor, Catholic, suffrage, assassinated, Union Army…votingrights
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham...
Samuel Issacharoff

Samuel Issacharoff

male
Trotskyist, Yale Law School Alumni, constitutional law, civil procedure, University of Texas School of Law, NYU Law…votingrights
Samuel Issacharoff is an American law professor, whose scholarly work focuses on voting rights and civil procedure. He is currently the Bonnie and...
Gracia Hillman

Gracia Hillman

female
caribbean, WorldSpace Foundation, Election Assistance Commission, nonpartisan, votingrights, Nonprofit
Gracia M. Hillman is one of four commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 3,...
John Mercer Langston

John Mercer Langston

male, deceased (1897)
Howard University, oberlin college, African American, from Ohio, american civil war, Ambassador of the United States…votingrights, National Equal Rights League
John Mercer Langston (December 14 1829 - November 15 1897) was an American abolitionist and U.S. Congressman from Virginia. He was one of the first...
Ludovic Blain

Ludovic Blain

male
social justice, breast cancer activist, think tank, Anti-Racist, votingrights, White American
Ludovic J. Blain III is the Organization Services Director at the New Progressive Coalition. There he focuses on encouraging synergy and...

James T. Rapier

male, deceased (1883)
Montreal College, Reconstruction, United States Representative, internal revenue service, bar association, redeemer…Civil Rights, votingrights
James Thomas Rapier was a United States Representative from 1873 until 1875. He was one of Alabama's three black congressmen during Reconstruction....