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Famous African-American Civil Rights Leaders
From the Who2 database of 4,593 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Anderson, Marian
The woman who sang at the Lincoln Memorial
Baldwin, James
Author of
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Evers, Medgar
Assassinated Mississippi civil rights leader
Jackson, Jesse
Aide to Martin Luther King and candidate for U.S. president
King, Coretta Scott
The wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
The civil rights hero who said "I have a dream"
Marshall, Thurgood
The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Parks, Rosa
The civil rights icon who wouldn't give up her bus seat
Till, Emmett
The teenage boy killed for whistling at a woman
X, Malcolm
Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement
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