Emmitt Till
The murder of the 14 year old African-American Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, was another key moment in the civil rights movement. Till was beaten and shot through the head before being dumped in a river for whistling at a white woman as a dare from his friends. The three accused men were acquitted of the murder but later admitted they were guilty.

Many women played important roles in the Civil Rights Movement, from leading local civil rights organizations to serving as lawyers on school segregation lawsuits.

Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations in Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern states. The groups were confronted by arresting police officers—as well as horrific violence from white protestors—along their routes, but also drew international attention to their cause.

Malcolm X - he renamed himself X to signify the loss of his African heritage, his beliefs were the basis of a lot of the Black Power movement. 

Susan B Anthony - she was a prominent American civil rights leader and feminist who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. 
 

The Freedom Summer Project was a campaign in Mississippi to register many African American voters as possible. 

leading local civil rights organizations to serving as lawyers on school segregation lawsuits.