List of African-American activists

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This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans. The United States has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. [2] The names detailed below include only notable African-Americans who are known to be activist (sorted by surname).

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List of activists

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Martin Luther King
Ralph Abernathy Ralph Abernathy.jpg
Ralph Abernathy
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Maya Angelou
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James Baldwin
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Marion Barry
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James Bevel
Ralph Bunche Ralph Bunche - 1963 March on Washington.jpg
Ralph Bunche
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Shirley Chisholm
Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer 1964-08-22.jpg
Fannie Lou Hamer
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Jesse Jackson
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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John Lewis
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Thurgood Marshall
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James Meredith
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Rosa Parks
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Bayard Rustin
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Malcolm X
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Andrew Young

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References

  1. ↑ Evan F. Moore "In honor of Black History Month, here's a list of Chicagoans you should know", Chicago Sun-Times , February 1, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Kleinig, John, Handled with Discretion: Ethical Issues in Police Decision Making, Rowman & Littlefield (1996), p. 157, ISBN   9780847681778. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Bio of "Ralph David Abernathy", Frye Gaillard, University of South Alabama, March 14, 2007, (archive)
  4. ↑ Smith, Jessie Carney; Phelps, Shirelle, Notable Black American Women, Book 2, VNR AG (1996), p. 11, ISBN   9780810391772.
  5. ↑ Henneberg, Susan. James Baldwin: Groundbreaking Author and Civil Rights Activist, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc (2014), pp. 6–8, 66, ISBN   9781477778975.
  6. ↑ Schwartz, Barry (June 2009). "Collective Forgetting and the Symbolic Power of Oneness: The Strange Apotheosis of Rosa Parks". Social Psychology Quarterly. 72 (2): 123–142. doi:10.1177/019027250907200204. JSTOR   25593914. S2CID   3450932.
  7. ↑ "Nannie Helen Burroughs papers, 1900–1963 (Library of Congress), Biographical Note (Woman's Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention of the United States of America)". Hdl.loc.gov. 2001. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Dickerson, Dennis C., "The Wesleyan Witness in the US Civil Rights Movement: The Allen Legacy against 20th Century American Apartheid", 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Carter, Christine Michel (2019-04-19). "How I Got My Employer to Acknowledge My Nursing Issue". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  10. ↑ "Claudette Colvin Biography, Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Medical Professional (1939–)", Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, April 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ Foundations of African-American Sociology Archived 2017-03-06 at the Wayback Machine . Hampton University Department of Sociology. Hampton University. Retrieved 7 March 2017. From Melvin Barber; Leslie Innis; Emmit Hunt, African American Contributions to Sociology.
  12. ↑ Goldhill, Olivia (November 15, 2016). "'We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up': A Black Lives Matter founder on Trump's presidency". Quartz.
  13. ↑ Garza, Alicia, "Herstory". Black Lives Matter. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  14. ↑ Queerness on the front lines of #BlackLivesMatter. MSNBC. February 19, 2015 (video).
  15. ↑ "Angela Davis". CCCB . Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  16. ↑ Haskins, James, Distinguished African American Political and Governmental Leaders. Oryx Press (1999), p. 67. ISBN   9781573561266,
  17. ↑ "Frederick Douglass Biography : Journalist, Civil Rights Activist, Author, Government Official (c. 1818–1895)". Biography.com.
  18. ↑ "Later Years and Death", Frederick Douglass Heritage. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  19. ↑ "SNCC passes the torch | The CLog". Creative Loafing Charlotte. February 29, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  20. ↑ Rafael, Vicente (11 February 2007). "David Fagen (1875–?)". Black Past.
  21. ↑ Wang, Vivian (December 30, 2017), "Erica Garner, Activist and Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27", The New York Times
  22. ↑ Shipley, Alberta D.; Shipley, David O. (1976). The History of Black Baptists in Missouri. Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri. pp. 24–25, 227.
  23. ↑ "Rosa Parks". www.history.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  24. ↑ "Booker T. Washington". www.history.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
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