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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ (๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐) ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ;-
๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ: 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".
๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: was a black suffragist and poet and mainly advocated for gender equality (for women) and racial equality.
๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ-๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง: was a union organizer and former member of green party of the united states steering community, which promotes โgreenโ politics, including environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, gender equality, lgbtq+ rights, anti-war, and anti-racism.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐. ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: 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.
๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐: 4 years before rosa parksโs 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.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ: almost 8 months before rosa parksโs incident, browder was arrested in montgomery, alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person.
๐ง๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฌ: along with being a civil rights advocate and feminist, she was also an educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswoman.
๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐ซ: 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
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง: 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
๐๐ง๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ: she was an author, educator, sociologist, prominent african american scholar, and sometimes called the mother of black feminism.
๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: 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.
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ: 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.
๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ. ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: he was a politician; an active participant during the civil rights movement; and a sponsor of registration drives.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฌ: he was an early member of the civil rights movement.
๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ: he was a social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ: 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.
๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง: 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
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ: she is the daughter of eric garner who was an african american man choked to death by a ny police officer. sheโs 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
๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ณ๐: an american civil rights activist and editorial writer, sheโs 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
๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง: 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.
๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ: 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
๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ง: 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.
๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ซ: 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.
๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ: 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.
๐ญ. ๐ซ. ๐ฆ. ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐: 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.
๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ: 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.
๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: 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 fountainsโpractices he accepted until the montgomery bus boycott of 1955
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ: 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).
๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ: 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.
๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฌ: 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.
๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ : 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.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐: an american writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist, she was a self-described โblack, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,โ who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to addressing injustices of racism, sexism, and classism.
๐ข๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง: 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"
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐: 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.
๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐: 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.
๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ. ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐จ๐ง: 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.
๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง: she was a suffragist, women's rights activist, and african american rights activist.
๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ: 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".
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: her mother was owned by a white man named tolliver who may have been lucyโs father, and her husband was executed. but she was an american labor organizer, radical socialist and anarcho-communist, remembered as a powerful orator.
๐ฃ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐: 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.
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ซ.: 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.
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง: 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.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐: 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.
