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Bookmark or Share- 30 Civil Rights Leaders to Know from Today and the Past - Oprah DailyWe take a look at prominent civil rights leaders—female and male alike—who made it their priority to fight for the freedom of Black Americans.
- Civil Rights Movement: Timeline, Key Events & Leaders | HISTORYThe efforts of civil rights activists and countless protesters of all races brought about legislation to end segregation, Black voter suppression and discriminatory employment and housing...
- Civil rights | Definition, Types, Activists, History, & Factscivil rights, guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics. Examples of civil rights include the right to vote, the right to a fair trial, the right to government services, the right to a public education, and the right to use public facilities.
- Civil Rights Leaders | NAACPThe hard-won advancements of civil rights were made possible by the struggle, commitment, and work of people who stood up to discrimination and white supremacy. We look to these heroes from our past for lessons and inspiration as we continue their important work into the future.
- Rosa Parks | Biography, Accomplishments, Quotes, Family, & FactsRosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus precipitated the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama, which became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in the United States. She is known as the “mother of the civil rights movement.”
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