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Martin Luther King Junior was far from alone in his struggle for civil rights. Many other leaders worked toward a common goal o f liberty and equality for all Americans.
Freedom and Equality for All
Martin Luther King led the
The African American Civil nation against people of African American leaders who were pained protest rallies and demonstrations
Civil Rights Movement along Rights Movement was a senes of Americanorigin.inthelJnitedStates at the racist and discriminatory so- which went on to become the voice
with many other prominent lead- reform movements, aimed to protest from 1955 to 1968. This movement cial practices and behavior being ofthe African Americans and a his-
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against the growing racial discrimi- was started and led by some African meted out to them. As a result, they toric movement in American his-
organized themselves to conduct tory.
Civil Rights Era Leaders:
Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990): clergyman, activist, South­
ern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) official
James Bevel (1936-2008): SCLC’s main strategist, organizer,
and Direct Action leader
Julian Bond ( 1940-): activist, politician, scholar, lawyer, NAACP
chairman
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Cesar Chavez (1927-1993): Chicano activist, organizer, trade
unionist
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Claudette Colvin (1939-): pioneer student and independent
activist
Marvel Cooke (1903-2000): journalist, writer, trade unionist,
civil rights activist
Dorothy Cotton (1930-): SCLC activist and leader
W. E. B. I)u Bois (1868-1963): writer, scholar, founder of
NAACP
Janies Farmer (1920-1999): CORE leader and activist
James Forman (1928-2005): SNCC official and activist
Marie Foster (1917-2003): activist, local leader in Selma Move­
ment
Betty Friedan (1921-2006): writer, activist, feminist
Prathia Hall (1940-2002): SNCC activist, civil rights movement
speaker
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Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977): activist in Mississippi move­
ments
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