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Encyclopedia Britannica: Mary Eliza Church Terrell
Learn about Mary Church Terrell, American social activist who was cofounder and first president of the National Association of Colored Women. She was an early civil rights advocate, an educator, an author, and a lecturer on woman...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Bayard Rustin
Biographical information on Bayard Rustin, African-American civil rights activist who was a close adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Betty Shabazz
Biographical sketch of American educator and civil rights activist, Betty Shabazz, who is perhaps best known as the wife of slain black nationalist leader Malcolm X.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Martin Luther King Jr Facts and Biography
Biographical facts on the life of African-American leader and human rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Fannie Lou Hamer
Brief biographical sketch of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
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Black Past: Lulu B. White (1900 1957)
A biography of Lulu Belle Madison White. She was a prominent civil rights advocate with the NAACP in Texas.
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Portrait Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A newspaper photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., taken during a 1964 press conference.