Sylvia Mendez
Child at the heart of the Mendez et al v. Westminster School District of Orange County et al court case on racial segregation in the California public school system.
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Frankie Muse Freeman
Lesser known than some of the national civil rights leaders, she took her own protests to the American courtrooms, arguing against racial discrimination and “Jim Crow” laws and became the first woman on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Evelyn G Lowery
Evelyn Gibson Lowery has been both foot soldier and leader at pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
Diane Nash
American civil rights activist
Addie L Wyatt
One of the US’s foremost labor union leaders, women’s rights advocate and civil rights activist.
Dr Barbara Lewis King
Bishop Barbara Lewis King, affectionately called Dr. Barbara, is the Founder/Minister of the Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2001, she became the first female to be enstooled as a Chief at Assin Nsuta, Ghana, West Africa.
Áine Hardiman
Dominican nun, community activist and anti-apartheid campaigner
Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund and an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
Xernona Clayton
Civil rights leader and pioneering broadcasting executive best known as the founder and CEO of the Trumpet Awards (1993), an annual awards program celebrating African-American acheivements televised by the TBS network and distributed internationally to over 185 countries.
Lena Horne
Legendary singer/actor Lena Horne has fought against racism in the entertainment industry throughout her career and against racial discrimination in this country throughout her life.