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Born December 14, 1945 • Los Angeles • California
Died September 16, 2020 (aged 74) • New York City • New York
Role In American civil rights movement
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
Schurz
Carl Schurz
German-American politician
Sonia Sanchez
American poet, playwright, and educator
Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop
American journalist
Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
American author and leader
Adams, Henry
Henry Adams
American historian
John Lewis
John Lewis
American civil rights leader and politician
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American editor, writer, and abolitionist
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley
American journalist
Richard Wright
Richard Wright
American writer
Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce
American playwright and statesman
Powell, 1967
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
American legislator
Bond, Julian
Julian Bond
American politician and civil rights leader
Young, Andrew
Andrew Young
American politician
Barlow, Joel
Joel Barlow
American writer
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child
American author
Appeal…to the Colored Citizens of the World…
David Walker
American abolitionist
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
American sociologist and editor
George Creel.
George Creel
American journalist

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