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Activist

The Civil Rights Movement was a social and political movement that took place in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. It aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and to secure their equal rights under the law.

Malcom X

Malcom X

Malcom X was born Malcom Little in Omaha Nebraska and adopted the last name X to signifiy loosing his African identity. At 21 years old he began his 6 year prison sentence for larceny which is when he first began following Islamic teachings. After being released from jail he became a Minister at a Mosque in Harlem. He advocated for black self-determination, economic self-sufficiency, and the creation of a separate black nation in the United States. He was assasinated at the age of 39 at an Afro-American Unity rally.

MLK

MLK

Martin Luther Kind Jr. was a Babtist minister and a major figure in the movement to end segregation and discrimination in the united states. I led many peaceful protest and is most notably known for his "I have a dream" speech. He helped lead the year long Montgomery bus boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks which ultimately ended in a supreme court ruling that segregation on public transportation was unconstiutional. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1864 but just 4 years later was assisnated in Memphis, Tennesse.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks is notoriously known for her actions in 1955 of refusing to leave her seat in the colored section of the bus for white people as the white section had filled up. She said in her autobiography that she took this action because she was "tired of giving in." This sparked the well known Montgomery bus boycott, led by Martin Luther King Jr. She was a leader of the youth division of the NAACP in Montgomery.

Ella Baker

Ella Baker

Growing up, Ella Baker was inspired by her grandmothers many stories of her time spent in slavery. She started her activism as a student as Shaw University in Raleigh, NC as she went against school guidelines that she felt were discriminating against people of color. In 1940 she became involved with the NAACP and in 1955 she helped found In Friendship which fought strongly against Jim Crow Laws. She also helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as she realized having young activist join the fight would be beneficial to the Civil Rights movement.

W.E.B Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois was a founder of the NAACP and the first African-American to earn a PhD from Harvard. He was known to be very intellegent and used his knowledge to challenge white supremacy and racial discrimination through his scholarship and activism throughout his life. A lot of his activism was taken through the form of writing, he was the editior for the NAACPs magazine, The Crisis, and had his own book, "The Souls of Black Folk."

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood

Marshall

Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer, civil rights activist, and the first African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He received his law degree from Howard University and is best known for his work as an attorney for the NAACP. He was an attourny for many supreme court cases, such as Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated of public schools in the United States. Marshall's tireless efforts and advocacy for civil rights and social justice earned him widespread respect and recognition as one of the most influential figures in American legal history.

Sources

Sources

A&E Television Networks. (n.d.). Civil Rights Movement: Timeline, Key Events & Leaders. History.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023, from https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement

A&E Television Networks. (n.d.). Malcolm X: Children, assassination & quotes - history. History.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023, from https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/malcolm-x

Civil Rights Leaders. NAACP. (2022, February 11). Retrieved April 30, 2023, from https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders

Martin Luther King, Jr.. NAACP. (2021, May 11). Retrieved April 30, 2023, from https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/martin-luther-king-jr

Rosa Parks. NAACP. (2021, May 11). Retrieved April 30, 2023, from https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/rosa-parks