Lena Horne (1917-2010)
Horne became a part of the Civil Rights Movement and performed at rallies on behalf of the NAACP and the National Council for Negro Women, and she participated in the March on Washington in 1963.
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Forced Sterilization Spurred Fannie Lou Hamer’s Civil Rights Activism
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)
The Mississippi sharecropper’s forced sterilization was one of the moments that launched her to become part of the state’s civil rights movement.
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‘Ready for the Revolution’ Introducing Lionhearted Activist Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998)
Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Toure, is the Black philosopher who coined the term “Black Power”.
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MLK Day 2017: Remembering The Legacy Of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Forty-eight years after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr. still stands as one of the most symbolic, most loved and most tragic of figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
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5 Pieces of Rosa Park’s Civil Rights Legacy That Are Deeper Than That Singular Moment On a Bus
On this day in history, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on the bus. However, she did far more than what most people know her for.
8 Fascinating Facts About Civil Rights Leader Fred Shuttlesworth
Early Life
Shuttlesworth was born in Mount Meigs, Alabama during the height of lynching and segregation in the south. In his youth, his family moved to Birmingham for better economic opportunities and education. He graduated from high school as class valedictorian. Then Shuttlesworth went on to earn his education from Selma University and Alabama State College. He would go on to become one of the most prominent civil rights activist in 1950s and onward.
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Before Rosa Parks: 6 Facts About Civil Rights Activist Mary Louise Smith and the Other Women Who Refuse To Be Moved
Mary Louise Smith (born in 1937)
On Oct. 21 1955, Smith boarded a Montgomery bus on her way home. The bus driver asked Smith to give up her seat to a white passenger but she refused to do so. At only 18-years-old, Smith became one of the sparks of the burgeoning civil rights movement when she was arrested for defying the unjust segregation law. Her father bailed her out of jail and they took immediate action. This event happened only 40 days before Rosa Parks was arrested. Smith did not become the face of the movement because her father was an alcoholic and the NAACP thought that would not look well.
