Ida B. Wells: Who was she and what were her major accomplishments?
Ida B. Wells was one of the foremost civil rights activists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is most known for her anti-lynching crusade. Her strong passion...
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Miriam Makeba: 10 Important Achievements
Miriam Makeba (1932-2008) was a renowned South African musician and civil rights activist. Due to her criticism of the apartheid regime, Makeba was banned from South Africa from 1960 to...
William Lloyd Garrison: 10 Major Accomplishments of the Renowned Journalist and Civil Rights Activist
Beginning his career as a typesetter at Newburyport Herald, William Lloyd Garrison went on to become one of the most prominent anti-slavery activists and suffragists in our nation’s history. The...
Thurgood Marshall: Fast Facts, Supreme Court Cases, and Accomplishments
Fast Facts: Thurgood Marshall Born: Thoroughgood Marshall Date of Birth: July 2, 1908 Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Death: January, 24, 1993; Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. Burial Place: Arlington National...
Timeline: Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was a renowned American civil rights activist, author and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. She was most known for being very active and vocal in...