Anderson, Marian (Philadelphia)
The Black contralto who sang at the Lincoln Memorial
Famous Civil Rights Figures from United States
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Baldwin, James (New York City)
Author of Go Tell It On The Mountain -
Clayton Powell, Adam Jr. (New Haven)
The Harlem preacher who was a congressman from 1945 to 1970 -
Colvin, Claudette
The black teen who preceded Rosa Parks -
Evers, Medgar (Decatur)
Assassinated Mississippi civil rights leader -
Gray, Fred D. (Montgomery)
The lawyer for Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks -
Hampton, Fred (Maywood)
The young Black Panther murdered by Chicago police in 1969 -
Hansberry, Lorraine (Chicago)
The author of A Raisin in the Sun -
Jackson, Jesse (Greenville)
Aide to Martin Luther King and candidate for U.S. president -
King, Coretta Scott (Marion)
The wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. -
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (Atlanta)
The civil rights hero who said "I have a dream" -
Lewis, John
The civil rights leader who served in Congress for 33 years -
Marshall, Thurgood (Baltimore)
The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court -
Murray, Pauli (Baltimore)
The Civil Rights Era hero who became an Episcopalian priest -
Parks, Rosa (Tuskegee)
The civil rights icon who wouldn't give up her bus seat -
Rustin, Bayard
Organizer behind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington -
Seale, Bobby (Liberty)
Co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party -
Sherrod, Shirley
The USDA employee unfairly smeared as a racist in 2010 -
Till, Emmett (Chicago)
The Black teenager murdered in Mississippi in 1955 -
Walker, Maggie Lena (Richmond)
The first black American woman to open a bank (1903) -
Warren, Earl (Los Angeles)
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69 -
X, Malcolm (Omaha)
Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement