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Baptist minister and social activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
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An African-American seamstress who became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation when she refused to cede her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.
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Pioneering lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the landmark case that desegregated public schools.
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Spokesman for the Nation of Islam in the early 1960s who criticized King's nonviolent approach to civil rights.
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Sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, editor, writer and socialist.
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Investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
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A civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) which organized sit-ins, freedom rides, and voter registration drives.
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A sharecropper, voting rights activist, singer, and inspirational speaker who became a prominent figure in the civil rights movement.
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An educator and civil rights leader who advocated for women's rights and racial equality.
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A U.S. Representative from Georgia and longtime civil rights leader.
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