Civil Rights Leaders
Civil Rights Leaders
Civil Rights Leaders Links
- Garvey, Marcus -- African American Journey A short profile of the black leader who started a "Back-to-Africa" movement in America.
- Marcus Garvey Tells about the life of the black nationalist who led the Back to Africa movement.
- Martin Robins Delany Black nationalist who labored to see newly-freed slaves treated fairly and who urged a return to Africa. Also commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln as the first black major in the United States Army.
- Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell -- African American Journey Tells about the American journalist and reformer who was known chiefly for her campaign against the lynching of blacks during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- Hosea Williams Life story of American civil rights leader.
- Civil Rights Leader Hosea Williams Story about the life and death of Hosea Williams from ABC News.
- Cesar Chavez Biography of the civil rights and labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers.
- Elijah Muhammad Black nationalist and Nation of Islam spiritual leader who rejected Christianity as the religion of the oppressor.
- American Experience: Marcus Garvey Companion site to the American Experience documentary "Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind." Explores the life of an influential, yet controversial black leader.
- Louis Farrakhan Black nationalist and Nation of Islam national minister.
- Carmichael, Stokely -- African American Journey The publishers of World Book Encyclopedia offer a short biography of this spokesman for the doctrine of Black Power.
- Randolph, A Philip -- African American Journey Introduces the man who played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920s through the 1960s.
- Huey P. Newton Co-founder of the militant Black Panther Party.
- Kweisi Mfume Politician and civic leader who chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1993 to 1996.
- Coleman A. Young Politician and civil rights activist who served as mayor of Detroit for five consecutive terms.
- Cleaver, Eldridge -- African American Journey Tells about the life of this preacher of the doctrine of Black Power who made two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Presidency.
- Young, Andrew Biography of Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. American civil rights leader, politician, and clergyman.
- Viva Cesar E. Chavez Biography of the Hispanic civil rights and labor leader.
- Benjamin Hooks Former director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1932-) From the Biographical directory of the United States Congress.
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