Most notable figures of American civil rights movement
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The American civil rights movement was a long battle between blacks, their white counterpart and the American government. Here is a list of some of the most notable figures that held their ground in a historic fight for their freedom and the rights of a nation of people.
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Abe Licoln
121 points - added 12 years ago by redbarron80 - 1 comment
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*Lincoln, my bad
Added 12 years ago by redbarron80, 18 points
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Nixon
the "Philadelphia plan" was created by him
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King was a Southern Baptist preacher that went around the nation leading marches and boycotts and dramatizing the life of black people to move the American government to action.
41 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Thurgood Marshall
As a leader of the NAACP and a lawyer, Thurgood Marshall led his fight for civil rights in the court system and was the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court.
20 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Rosa Parks
She famously began the bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.
20 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
6.
Booker T. Washington
18 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Emmett Till
Emmett was a 14 year old whose gruesome death that lead to one of the first cases that tried white mean in court.
15 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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W. E. B. Du Bois
13 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Ruby Bridges
13 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Little Rock Nine
12 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Mary McLeod Bethune
11 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
12.
Stokely Carmichael
11 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Roy Innis
10 points - added 11 years ago by guest -
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Homer Plessey
10 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Angela Davis
8 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Andrew Young
7 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
17.
Marcus Garvey
7 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Medgar Evans
6 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
19.
Roy Wilkins
1 point - added 13 years ago by kris -
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John Lewis
0 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
21.
Malcolm X
Malcolm was known for his fiery speeches and Black Nationalism stance.
-23 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
22.
Louis Farrakhan
-33 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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Jesse Jackson
-37 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
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