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The SNCC stood for The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and was founded in 1960. It became the major channel of student participants of the civil rights movement.

Source: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc

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Hamer became an SNCC organizer on August 31, 1962. She led 17 volunteers to register to vote in Mississippi Courthouse.

Source: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer

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On March 2 of 1955, the 15-year-old refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.  She stood up for her saying " It's my constitutional right to sit here as much as that lady",  "I paid my fare it's my constitutional right".

Source: https://www.ajc.com/life/7-interesting-black-history-facts-you-likely-didnt-know/TPR7B4NA5RB6JETHNRYBSVY7X4/

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Hattie McDaniel was the first African American woman to perform on the radio in the 1920's. She became the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940 for her role in Gone with the Wind.

Source: https://www.biography.com/actor/hattie-mcdaniel

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Johnson was nicknamed "Galveston Giant" and was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champ. He didn't retire boxing till he was 50 years old.

Source: https://www.biography.com/athlete/jack-johnson

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1892 -1926
She was the first African-American woman to hold a pilot’s license.
https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/women-in-aviation/bessie-coleman.html

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This is an organization in a civil rights advocacy organization, formed in the year 2005.
https://actionnetwork.org/groups/color-of-change

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1903-1986
In the year 1995, Ella co founded the organization, In Friendship to raise money for the civil rights movement in the south
https://ellabakercenter.org/who-was-ella-baker/

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1914-1999
Daisy helped little rock nine integrate a high school, later on  civil rights activist and newspaper publisher.

https://www.nps.gov/people/dbates.htm

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National Park Service; courtesy Special Collections, University of Arkansas

D aisy Bates is an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher. Through her newspaper, Bates documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas. For her amazing career in social activism, we celebrate her as an American hero.

Bates was born, Daisy Gaston, in Huttig, Arkansas on November 11, 1914. Her childhood was filled with tragedy. Her mother was sexually assaulted and murdered by three white men. Her father abandoned her. Bates was raised by friends of the family. Bates met Lucious Christopher "L.C." Bates as a teenager. L.C. Bates was an insurance agent and experienced journalist. They married in the early 1940s and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. There the couple operated the Arkansas State Press. This was a weekly African American newspaper that supported civil rights. Bates joined the civil rights movement and became the president of the Arkansas NAACP chapter in 1952. As the head of this branch, Bates played a crucial role with desegregation in Arkansas.

I n 1957, Bates helped the Little Rock Nine become the first to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock. The first 9 African Americans arrived on September 4th. They were met with a group of angry whites. Governor Orval Faubus opposed integration. He responded by sending the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering the school. Despite the animosity, the students continued on. Bates' home served as the headquarters for the battle for integration. She served as a personal advocate and supporter to the students. On September 24, 1957 the nine students left her home to attend their first day of school. As they faced harassment and intimidation, Bates continued to support them.

The newspaper Bates and her husband worked on was closed in 1959 because of low advertising revenue. In 1960, Bates published her account of the school integration as The Long Shadow of Little Rock. A few years later, she moved to Washington, D.C. There she worked for the Democratic National Committee. She also worked on antipoverty projects for the Lyndon B. Johnson's administration.

I n the mid-1960s, Bates returned to Little Rock. She spent most of her doing community programs until her husband died in 1980. Bates restarted her and her husband's newspaper, from 1984-1988.

Daisy Lee Bates is remembered as a formidable force in one of the biggest battles of school integration in the United States. She received numerous awards for her social activism, including an honorary degree from the University of Arkansas. She passed away on November 4, 1999 in Little Rock. Bates is associated with the Daisy Bates House Little Rock. It is located at 1207 West 28th., in Little Rock. It is a private residence and is not open to the public. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 3, 2001. It was also listed on the same day as a National Historic Landmark.

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Daisy Bates (U.S. National Park Service)

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D aisy Bates is an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher. Through her newspaper, Bates documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas. For her amazing career in social activism, we celebrate her as an American hero. Bates was born, Daisy Gaston, in Huttig, Arkansas on November 11, 1914.

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Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1787 he opened the first church for African-Americans in the United States.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Allen

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Ashe was a tennis player and the first Black player accepted into the U.S. Davis Cup team, where he won 3 Grand Slam titles. In 1992, he founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat Of AIDS in which he worked to raise awareness about the disease.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Ashe

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In 1851, Truth gave her famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech, which tackled on issues of gender and racial inequality.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sojourner-Truth
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aint-I-a-Woman

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Harper helped to arrange the National Association of Colored Woman which highlighted achievements made by woman of color. She was later elected to be the vice president of it in 1897.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frances-E-W-Harper

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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in 1942. CORE sought to end discrimination by holding protests.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Congress-of-Racial-Equality

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1922-2004
He was the first african american in the U.S to serve a navy ship as an officer.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/gravely-samuel-lee-1922-2004/