𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 (𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑) 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 ;-

𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲: was a leader of the civil rights movement and close friend and mentor of martin luther king jr. he died of heart disease on april 17, 1990, and his tombstone is engraved with the words "i tried".

𝐧𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧: was a black suffragist and poet and mainly advocated for gender equality (for women) and racial equality.

𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐞𝐥-𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧: was a union organizer and former member of green party of the united states steering community, which promotes “green” politics, including environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, gender equality, lgbtq+ rights, anti-war, and anti-racism.

𝐛𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐞. 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: who was born with the name james arthur baldwin, fought for race and lgbt equality. he was a novelist and playwright and an inclusionist, not a *separatist* during the civil rights movement.

𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝: 4 years before rosa parks’s refusal of giving up her seat, bradford was charged the wrong bus fare and racially insulted by a bus driver in montgomery, alabama to which she protested by sitting in front of the bus. she was arrested for that.

𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐞𝐫: almost 8 months before rosa parks’s incident, browder was arrested in montgomery, alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person.

𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬: along with being a civil rights advocate and feminist, she was also an educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswoman.

𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐣. 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐲, 𝐣𝐫: he was a judge, lawyer, politician, diplomat, and clergyman. confidante of martin luther king jr, carey was also active in the civil rights movement and worked to end employment discrimination in the u.s. government against black americans

𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧: she is an american nurse and one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement. colvin was arrested at the age of 15 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, racially segregated bus. she was also an naacp youth council member

𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫: she was an author, educator, sociologist, prominent african american scholar, and sometimes called the mother of black feminism.

𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬: cullors is an artist and activist, and an advocate for prison abolition in los angeles. she is a cofounder of the black lives matter movement.

𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬: her areas of activism are communism and feminism, and she was briefly involved in the black panther party, which was founded by marxist college students, during the civil rights movement.

𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐥. 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧: he was a politician; an active participant during the civil rights movement; and a sponsor of registration drives.

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐬: he was an early member of the civil rights movement.

𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬: he was a social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬: she was was an african american woman who became widely known as the oldest surviving open lesbian. her center which is called ruth ellis center is one of only four agencies in the united states dedicated to homeless lgbt youth and young adults.

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧: he was the son of former slaves, and as a teenager, he was involved in labor strikes and joined the army. he achieved legendary status as a fighter and became a hero not just to the philippines but to all those who oppose american imperialism and racism

𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫: she is the daughter of eric garner who was an african american man choked to death by a ny police officer. she’s the founder of garner way foundation, named in honor of her father. its aim is to engage communities over the world in social justice issues

𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐚: an american civil rights activist and editorial writer, she’s organized around the issues of health, student services, rights for domestic workers, ending police brutality, anti-racism, and violence against trans and gender non-conforming ppl of color

𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧: is one of the little rock nine, a group of african american students who were the first black students to attend classes at little rock central high school in arkansas. green was the first african american to graduate from the school in 1958.

𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫: an american voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the crm, she was extorted, threatened, harassed, shot at, and assaulted by white supremacists and police while trying to exercise her right to vote

𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧: an american activist and revolutionary socialist, he came to prominence in chicago as chairman of the illinois chapter of the black panther party. he was an alliance among major chicago street gangs to help them end infighting, and work for social change.

𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫: she was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer, one of the first african american women to be published in the united states.

𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲: he was an american civil rights leader, politician, and head of the mississippi branch of the naacp. he was one of the founders of the mississippi freedom democratic party which tried to seat their delegation at the 1964 democratic national convention.

𝐭. 𝐫. 𝐦. 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝: an american civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon, he was among the mentors to activists like fannie hamer and aaron henry. he played a role in the investigation of the kidnapping and murder of emmett till.

𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬: he was an american poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry, hughes is best known as a leader of the harlem renaissance.

𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧: he is an american civil rights activist, baptist minister, and politician. living under jim crow segregation laws, he was taught to go to the back of the bus and use separate water fountains—practices he accepted until the montgomery bus boycott of 1955

𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: she was an african american attorney and civil rights icon. she rented voting machines and taught african americans how to use the machines to vote and fundraised for james welch. she was murdered by unknown person(s).

𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: he became the first african american to be the musical director and conductor of the academy awards ceremony. he was also the first african american to receive the academy's jean hershlot humanitarian award.

𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬: sarah keys was all alone on a bus at midnight in the south when the bus driver decided she should give her seat to a white man. once she arrived home, she wanted to forget the whole thing, but her father urged her to fight for what was right.

𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: king is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of mahatma gandhi.

𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞: an american writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist, she was a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to addressing injustices of racism, sexism, and classism.

𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧: an african amerixan woman from maryland, who was arrested under a state law imposing racial segregation in public facilities and transportation, she was traveling on a bus and she refused to give up her seat in what the driver said was the "white section"

𝐚𝐦𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞: amzie moore is one of the lesser known civil rights movement leaders, but he was extremely influential in advocating and registering african americans in mississippi to exercise their right to vote as american citizens.

𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞: she is best known for her act of civil disobedience on june 27, 2015, when she was arrested for removing the confederate flag from the south carolina state house grounds in the aftermath of the charleston shooting.

𝐡𝐮𝐞𝐲 𝐩. 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧: he was an african american political activist and revolutionary who cofounded the black panther party. newton would patrol neighborhoods with loaded shotguns to defend african americans from racist violence at the hands of the oakland police department.

𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧: she was a suffragist, women's rights activist, and african american rights activist.

𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬: she was an american activist in the civil rights movement who is best known for her pivotal role in the montgomery bus boycott. the united states congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬: her mother was owned by a white man named tolliver who may have been lucy’s father, and her husband was executed. but she was an american labor organizer, radical socialist and anarcho-communist, remembered as a powerful orator.

𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞: she was an american political scientist, citizen activist, educator, and author. she is the first african american woman to complete a doctorate in political science in the united states.

𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐫.: an african american civil rights activist, a member of the mississippi freedom democratic party, and head of the congress of racial equality in mississippi, he fought for voting rights and equality for blacks within society amongst other things.

𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧: he was an american leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. he shared ties with martin luther king as well.

𝐛𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞: bobby seale is an american political activist. he and activist huey p. newton, who was mentioned earlier in this thread, cofounded the black panther party.