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This category lists pages and sites that tell about the lives of Civil Rights Leaders. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.

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Anthony, Susan B

This category lists pages and sites about the life of Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906) who is best known as a crusader for women's rights. Anthony also fought for the slaves to be freed.

Douglass, Frederick

This category lists pages and sites about the life of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), the most prominent African American orator, journalist, and antislavery leader of the 19th century.

Du Bois, W.E.B.

This category lists pages and sites about the life of black American historian and sociologist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963), who paved the way for the civil rights, Pan-African, and Black Power movements in the United States.

Evers, Medgar

This category lists pages and sites about the life of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers (1925-1963).

Gandhi, Mahatma

This category lists pages and sites about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), better known as Mahatma Gandhi. This Indian nationalist leader led the crusade for Indian independence, while advocating non-violence.

Jackson, Jesse

This category lists pages and sites about the life of African-American minister Jesse Louis Jackson (1941-) who founded Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) and the National Rainbow Coalition.

King, Coretta Scott

This category lists pages and sites about the life of Coretta Scott King (1929-), wife of slain civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr.

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

This category lists pages and sites about the life of American clergyman and Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr.(1929-1968), one of the key forces behind the civil rights movement.

Malcolm X

This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of black militant Malcolm X (1925-1965), who championed the rights of African Americans and urged them to develop racial unity.

Mandela, Nelson

This category lists pages and sites about the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013), South Africa's first black president.

Parks, Rosa

This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of Rosa Louise Parks, (1913-), who triggered the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

Scott, Dred

This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of the slave, known as Dred Scott, (1800?-1858) who sued for his freedom in a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), the American social reformer who, along with Susan B. Anthony, led the struggle for women to have the same political rights as men.

Truth, Sojourner

This category lists pages and sites about the life of abolitionist and early women's rights activist Isabella Van Wagenen (1797-1883), who took the name Sojourner Truth. Truth was born into slavery, but liberated in 1828 when New York abolished slavery. She then traveled the United States preaching her message of freedom.

Tubman, Harriet

This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of Harriet Ross Tubman (1820?-1913), abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor.

Wells, Ida B.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931), an African American journalist, was an active crusader against lynching and a champion of social and political justice for African Americans.

Williams, Hosea

This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of Rev. Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000), an American civil rights activist and politician.
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