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Civil Rights Activists and Their Impact

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Fought for the end of racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent protest.

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Harriet Tubman

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Led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad and advocated for women's suffrage.

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Rosa Parks

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Initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white person.

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Sojourner Truth

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Abolitionist and women's rights activist known for her speech 'Ain't I a Woman?'.

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Thurgood Marshall

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First African American Supreme Court Justice who fought against racial segregation in public schools.

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Diane Nash

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Leader in the Civil Rights Movement, played a pivotal role in the Freedom Rides.

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Malcolm X

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Advocated for black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the black community.

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Cesar Chavez

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Fought for the rights of farm workers and established the National Farm Workers Association.

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Shirley Chisholm

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First African American woman elected to Congress and first major-party black candidate for POTUS.

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Frederick Douglass

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Escaped slavery and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement.

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Ella Baker

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Civil rights activist who played a key role in the NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC.

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Fannie Lou Hamer

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Worked for voting rights and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

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Huey P. Newton

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Co-founded the Black Panther Party, which aimed for racial justice and community empowerment.

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Bayard Rustin

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Advised Martin Luther King Jr. and was a key organizer behind the March on Washington.

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Ida B. Wells

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Led an anti-lynching crusade and was a founder of the NAACP.

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James Baldwin

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Used his literary work to explore racial and sexual identity in American society.

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A. Philip Randolph

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Civil rights leader who organized the March on Washington Movement to end racial discrimination in war industries.

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Co-founder of the NAACP who advocated for Pan-Africanism and raised awareness about racial inequality.

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John Lewis

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Civil rights leader and politician known for his role in the Selma to Montgomery marches.

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Ruby Bridges

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First African American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

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