Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks in the 1940s. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement". Wikipedia Text

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Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks  (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson,  (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) majestic singer and actor, brilliant scholar and athlete, fierce political activist and all-around renaissance man. He is seen here in 1925 in a photo by the famed British photographer Alex Stewart Sasha. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis.

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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks is an extraordinary person because she stood up against racism and stood up for herself. It was even harder for her because she was a woman, and in those days, things were much harder for women.

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Odetta Holmes

Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".

Eddie Albert

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A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Eddie Albert was a circus trapeze flier before becoming a stage and radio actor. Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. In 1965, Albert was approached by producer Paul Henning to star in a new sitcom for CBS called Green Acres. His character, Oliver Wendell Douglas, was a lawyer who left the city to enjoy a simple life as a farmer.Co-starring on the show was Eva Gabor as his urban, spoiled wife.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. named Michael King at birth, (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod Bethune was a child of former slaves; she began her life picking cotton. A scholarship to Scotia Seminary in North Carolina in 1888 launched her career as educator and activist. Believing that education provided the key to racial advancement, she founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute, which later became Bethune-Cookman University. A national figure, she served in the Roosevelt administration as adviser to the president on minority affairs and director of the Division of Negro Affairs within the National Youth Administration (1936–44).

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Mahatma Gandhi

If any individual can be described as the most effective activist of the 20th century, that person was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, (October 2, 1869 - Assassinated: January 30, 1948), was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India.

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Mohandas K. Gandhi, in the 1920s. Scan by Yann from a picture given by Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad.

Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.

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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee born October 27, 1924 is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist.