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Ella Baker Biography
Ella Baker civil rights activistBorn: 12/13/1903Birthplace: Norfolk, Va. Baker was a driving force in the creation of the country's premier civil rights organizations. After graduating as…Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Biography
Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamercivil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left…Walter Edward FAUNTROY, Congress, DC (1933)
FAUNTROY Walter Edward , a Delegate from the District of Columbia; born in Washington, D.C., February 6, 1933; attended Washington (D.C.) public schools; graduated from Dunbar High School,…Bayard Rustin Biography
Bayard Rustincivil rights activistBorn: 3/17/1912Birthplace: West Chester, Pa. Rustin was one of the most influential civil rights activists of the 1950s and '60s, yet he maintained a low…C. K. Steele Biography
C. K. Steele Charles KenzieCivil rights activistBorn: February 17, 1914Birthplace: Bluefield, W. Va. Steele decided he wanted to become a preacher at an early age. In 1938 he began…Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography
1929-1968, American clergyman and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prepares to speak to a crowd of 200,000 marchers in Washingtion, DC. Related Links Martin Luther King…Martin Luther King, Jr., Quotations
Press on and keep pressing . . . If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to…Black Civil Rights Leaders
Notable Civil Rights Leaders The civil rights movement in the United States is a bit hard to pin down in terms of time. The struggle for Black Americans' human rights stretches back to the…November 1997 News and Events
1997 News Month-By-Month World U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Sudan (Nov. 4): Clinton orders stricter prohibitions for alleged sponsorship of terrorism and human rights abuses. Chinese Divert…Civil Rights March on Washington
All about the March on Washington, August 28, 1963 Related Links Quotes from Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Speeches Martin Luther King Biography Civil Rights Timeline…Trending
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