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Advocated for black empowerment and the promotion of Islam among blacks, criticized the mainstream Civil Rights Movement, assassinated in 1965

Led the Civil Rights Movement, delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964

Refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, known as the 'Mother of the Freedom Movement'

Co-founded United Farm Workers, instrumental in the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, advocate for women's rights

Escaped slavery, became a leading abolitionist, writer, and speaker, supported women's suffrage

Helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, famous for her speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention

Founded Tuskegee Institute, delivered Atlanta Compromise speech, promoted vocational education

Worked behind the scenes of the Civil Rights Movement, helped found SNCC, advocated for grassroots organizing

Key figure in the Selma marches, chairman of SNCC, long-time U.S. Congressman, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Conducted the Underground Railroad, leading to the escape of many slaves, supported the suffrage movement

Wrote on race, sexuality, and class distinctions in Western societies, notably in mid-20th-century America, author of 'Go Tell It on the Mountain'

Organized the 1963 March on Washington, worked closely with MLK Jr., influential in promoting nonviolent protest

First African-American Supreme Court Justice, won Brown v. Board of Education, worked to end racial segregation

Co-founded the NAACP, opposed Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise, first African-American to earn a PhD from Harvard