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Born October 19, 1936 • Itta Bena • Mississippi
Died December 19, 2008 (aged 72) • Virginia
Role In American civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American religious leader and civil-rights activist
James Lawson
James Lawson
American activist and educator
Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth
American minister and civil rights activist
John Lewis
John Lewis
American civil rights leader and politician
Diane Nash
Diane Nash
American civil rights activist
Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
Daisy Bates
American civil rights leader
Septima Poinsette Clark
Septima Poinsette Clark
American educator and civil rights advocate
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
American civil-rights activist
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory
American comedian and civil rights activist
Ella Baker
Ella Baker
American activist
Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley
American lawyer and jurist
Powell, 1967
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
American legislator
Walter White, 1942
Walter White
American civil-rights activist
Young, Andrew
Andrew Young
American politician
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
American civil-rights activist
Lucius Christopher Bates
American publisher and civil rights leader
Rosa Parks sitting on a bus
Rosa Parks
American civil rights activist
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
American minister and activist
Hooks, 1991
Benjamin L. Hooks
American jurist, minister and government official
Ralph David Abernathy
Ralph David Abernathy
American religious leader and civil-rights activist

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