Mary White Ovington

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Born	April 11, 1865 • New York City • New York
Died	July 15, 1951 (aged 86) • Massachusetts
Founder	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Notable Works	“Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York” • “Portraits in Color” • “The Walls Came Tumbling Down”
Role In	American civil rights movement

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Frederick Douglass

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Fred Shuttlesworth

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Robert Lowell, c. 1960

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.

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