Dr Millicent Brown
American educator, historian, and civil rights activist best known for her role in desegregating public schools in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Shirley Graham Du Bois
African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist
Blanche Armwood
African-American educator, lawyer, and civil rights activist
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century.
Frances Albrier
Frances Mary Albrier was an American civil rights activist, community leader, and labor organizer.
Eslanda Robeson
A staunch opponent of injustice, Eslanda found her intellectual community and political point of view in New York, where she was located in history on the eve of the Harlem Renaissance and the end of the Bolshevik revolution.
Claudia Jones
Journalist born in Trinidad who dedicated her life to fighting racism inequality and injustice.
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin
American suffragist and civil rights activist
Dr Betty Shabazz
Educator and civil rights activist Dr Betty Shabazz was the wife, and later widow, of Malcolm X.
Frieda Nugel
Frieda Nugel was a German mathematician who was one of the first women to receive a doctorate in Germany.