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Born January 12, 1920.
Civil rights activist who pushed for non violent protests.
Organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961 which led to the desegregation of interstate transportation.
He co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality in 1942.

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Played dead in a hearse to escape the cops. Enrolled in college at 14.

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His father was a minister

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trained as a social worker

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worked as a journalist at The Minnesota Daily and became editor of St. Paul Appeal, an African-American newspaper.

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worked as a journalist at The Minnesota Daily and became editor of St. Paul Appeal, an African-American newspaper.

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Prominent civil rights active in the USA 1930-1970. Included in the National association for advancement of colored people 

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Prominent civil rights active in the USA 1930-1970. Included in the National association for advancement of colored people 

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Was the organizer of the Freedom Ride

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Trained as social worker

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She was the first African  American Child to attend an all White Public school at 6 years old. When she went to the school tons of people crowed her and through stuff at her and called her terrible names. It was so bad that she had to be excoriated by security guards. Some parents withdrew their kids from Ruby's class, she wasn't even allowed to eat anything from the cafeteria, because one of the mothers threatened to poison her food.

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Helped address the Civil rights march on Washington.

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Helped address the Civil rights march on Washington.

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He was a civil rights

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Community Relations Advisory Council-founded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR).

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Community Relations Advisory Council-founded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR).

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Sat in back of bus where only whites can sit

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Was elected as the national president of CORE, the Committee Of Racial Inequality.

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His advocacy for the “ Domestic Marshall Plan” grown massive funds just to help with America’s racial problems -ty (Brittanica)

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His advocacy for the “ Domestic Marshall Plan” grown massive funds just to help with America’s racial problems -ty (Brittanica)

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In civil rights he made a non-violent protest

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He was a civil rights activist and he lead peaceful protests with Martin Luther king JR
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Was and American civil rights leader.

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She invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest on December 1, 1955 started the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens.

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articulate U.S. civil rights leader who spearheaded the drive for equal opportunity for blacks in U.S. industry and government service during his 10 years as head of the National Urban League

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Chairman of a civil rights mobilization.
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Ruby wrote a book about her experiences and received award. she inspired other

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Died in 1999 because of diabetes

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She invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

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His organization helped compose more than 100 national groups.

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he passed away by drowning at a beach

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brought the gospel of trade unionism to millions of African American households. He led a 10 year drive to organize the brotherhood of sleeping cars porters.

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Philip Randolph threatened to organize a march on Washington, D.C. to demand equal opportunities for black workers in defense plants. In 1941 Philip Randolphand Baynard Rustin began to organize a march to Washington to protest against discrimination in the defense industries.

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Philip built the first successful black trade union.

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Philip built the first successful black trade union.

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The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were turning points in the struggle for civil rights. Together the two bills outlawed segregated public facilities and prohibited discriminatory practices in employment and voting.

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The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were turning points in the struggle for civil rights. Together the two bills outlawed segregated public facilities and prohibited discriminatory practices in employment and voting.

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He’s a civil rights leader who spearheaded the drive for equal opportunity for blacks in the U.S. industry and government service during his 10 years as head of the National urban league.

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On Andy’s first day, he and two other civil rights workers, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by the               . The story of these three young men struck a public chord that contributed to the eventual passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ( sorry for the bleeps out part. (advocate for fairness and equality.)

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The son of a Methodist minister

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Rosa went to school because her husband couraged her, until her mom became very ill and drop out of school .

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was the most important civil rights leader to emerge from the labor movement.

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Many People threaten Rosa And civil rights leader houses were bombed

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was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and between 1931 and 1934

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Edgar D. Nixon was born in July 1899, in a small, mostly black town in Alabama. In 1928, he joined the union “The Brotherhood of sleeping car porters” he helped organize its branch in Montgomery, and served for its president for many years. In 1940 he helped organize for 750 African Americans to March to the Montgomery county courthouse and attempt to register to vote. They were unsuccessful in their attempt. He was also the first black to run for a seat on the county Democratic Executive Committee, and later questioned the Montgomery City Commission on their views on civil rights issues. He was also the one that chose for Rosa Parks to be the face of the Montgomery bus boycott. After Rosa Park’s arrest, he called a number of local ministers to organize a boycott, and the third man he called was Martin Luther King Jr.

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Roy Ottoway Wilkins was a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s

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Close advisor to Lyndon B Johnson

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Civil rights Activist
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