- Parks, Rosa (1913-2005) (19)
Read about Rosa Parks, the African American activist who was called the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. Sites offer biography, political life, video clips, news coverage, historical milestones, archived interviews, remembrances, and chronology of Rosa Parks' historical boycott which triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Parks__Rosa__1913_2005_
- Till, Emmett (1941-1955) (16)
Read about Emmett Till, the 14-year old African American boy whose brutal murder in 1955 is cited as one of the key events that triggered American Civil Rights Movement. Sites provide background information, abduction and murder details, investigation reports, news articles, photos, and documents of the murder of the boy after he reportedly whistled at a white woman.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Till__Emmett__1941_1955_
- Bridges, Ruby (10)
Read about Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to attend a formerly segregated school and hence endure hostility and ostracism from segregationists. Sites offer bio, background information, speeches, online resources, interviews, and pictures of the girl who became a civil rights icon in 1960 and grew to be an education activist.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Bridges__Ruby
- Lynch, Lt. Col. Leonard P.
Lynch and 4,000 National Guard troops opened the road from Selma to Montgomery to enable Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands to reach Montgomery on March 21-25, 1965.
members.aol.com/terrylynch/lplynch.htm
- Meredith, James (3)
Read about James Meredith, the civil rights activist and author of Three Years in Mississippi. Sites provide biography, photos, participants' accounts of the Meredith March, and details of the civil rights activism of the first African American student of the University of Mississippi.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Meredith__James
- Moses, Bob (2)
Find sites for Bob Moses, the pivotal civil rights movement organizer and developer of the mathematics literacy program, Algebra Project. Sites provide biography, political career, articles, and projects started by the political leader who is also an Harvard-trained educator.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Moses__Bob
- Moore, Harry T. (1905-1951)
Companion site to the documentary Freedom Never Dies: The Story of Harry T. Moore.
www.pbs.org/harrymoore
- Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah (H. Rap Brown)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Al_Amin__Jamil_Abdullah__H__Rap_Brown_
- Bond, Julian
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Bond__Julian
- Bunche, Ralph (1903-1971)@
Learn about Ralph Bunche, the American political scientist and diplomat who won Nobel Peace Prize for his 1940s mediation in Palestine. Sites provide biography, political and historical achievements, photos, documentary film, and obituary for the civil rights advocate.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Bunche__Ralph__1903_1971_
- Chisholm, Shirley (1924- )@
Read about Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. Sites provide biography, political profile, quotes, speech, and documentary of the 1972 presidential campaign by the Democratic Presidential Nomination candidate, educator, and author.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Chisholm__Shirley
- Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)@
Find sites for Cleaver Eldridge, one of the prominent American civil rights leaders and a dominant member of the Black Panther Party. Sites provide biography, political profile and interview of the former Minister of Information for the BPP.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Black_Panther_Party/Cleaver__Eldridge__1935_1998_
- Davis, Angela@
Learn about Angela Davis, the American communist organizer, professor who was linked to the murder of Judge Harold Halet during an attempted Black Panther prison break. Sites feature biography, articles, interviews, transcripts, and critique of the leftist activist and founder of the anti-prison grassroots organization Critical Resistance.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Davis__Angela
- Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)@
Find sites for Medgar Evers, the African American civil rights leader and field secretary for the NAACP who was assassinated at the age of 37. Sites offer biography, publications, media productions, essays, and articles about the legacy of civil rights leader and army veteran.
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- Guinier, Lani@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Guinier__Lani
- Jackson, Jesse@
Read about Jesse Jackson, the professional civil rights activist and a prominent leader of American Christian Left. Sites provide biography, political and religious profile, writings, speeches, commentary, archived essays, and audio clips of speeches by the famous African American spokesman for civil rights issues.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Jackson__Jesse
- King, Coretta Scott (1927-2006)@
Find sites for Coretta Scott King, the civil rights leader and wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Sites provide biography, political profile, civil rights activities, obituary, and bibliography of works by and about the politician and recipient of Congessional Gold Medal.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/King__Coretta_Scott__1927_2006_
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)@
Learn about Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned American Civil Rights Movement leader who won Nobel Peace Prize for peacemaking and for promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races. Sites offer bio, political career, writings, historical speeches, letter archives, interviews, and online library resources about the political activist and Baptist minister who is regarded as one of America's great orators.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/King__Martin_Luther__Jr___1929_1968_
- Lewis, John@
Democratic representative from Georgia.
dir.yahoo.com/.../U_S__Representatives/Lewis__John__D____5th_District
- Malcolm X (1925-1965)@
Find sites for Malcolm X, the American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Sites offer biography, political and religious profile, ideology, quotes, interviews, historical clips, and chronicles of life and assassination of the politico-religious leader who was called 'Satan' for his vitriolic hatred for bible, God, and religion in general before his conversion to Islam.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Malcolm_X__1925_1965_
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