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Also Known As Robert Franklin Williams
Born February 26, 1925 • Monroe • North Carolina
Died October 15, 1996 (aged 71) • Michigan
Weaver, Robert C.
Robert C. Weaver
United States government official
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
American clergyman
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American religious leader and civil-rights activist
Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth
American minister and civil rights activist
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Madam C.J. Walker
American businesswoman and philanthropist
Daisy Lampkin
Daisy Lampkin
American activist
Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
Daisy Bates
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Septima Poinsette Clark
American educator and civil rights advocate
Hosea Williams
Hosea Williams
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A history-making politician
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Jim Clyburn
Jim Clyburn
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Ella Baker
Ella Baker
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Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
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Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley
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Bond, Julian
Julian Bond
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Walter White, 1942
Walter White
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Vernon Jordan
American lawyer and administrator
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
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Myrlie Evers-Williams
Myrlie Evers-Williams
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Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins
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