On this date, we mark the birth of Whitney M. Young, Jr. in 1921, an African-America leader and activist.
Young was born in Lincoln Ridge...
Category: Activist / Abolitionist.
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Sun, 1921-07-31
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Mon, 1921-08-15
*John W. Douglas was born on this date in 1921. He was an American lawyer, political attorney, civil and human rights activist.
John...
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Sun, 1921-08-21
Matthew Little was born on this date in 1921. He is a retired businessman and has been one of Minnesota's most prominent Civil Rights advocates...
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Thu, 1922-03-09
*On this date in 1922, Floyd McKissick was born. He was an African-American civil rights activist and a former National Director of the Congress...
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Sat, 1922-03-18
*Fred Shuttlesworth was born on this date in1922. He was an African American civil rights activist and minister.
Born Freddie Lee...
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Sun, 1922-07-02
Aaron Henry was born on this date in 1922. He was a civil rights leader, politician, and head of the NAACP.
From Dublin, Mississippi,...
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Thu, 1923-04-12
Harry Davis was born on this date in 1923. He was an African American civil rights activist, politician and businessman.
From the North...
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Thu, 1923-05-03
*Clara Luper was born on this date in 1923. She was an African American...
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Thu, 1923-12-13
Wiley Branton was born on this date in 1923. He was an African-American attorney and civil rights activist.
Born in Pine Bluff, AR, Wiley...
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Sat, 1925-01-31
*Benjamin Hooks was born on this date in 1925. He was an African-American civil rights activist, lawyer and minister.
Benjamin Lawson Hooks...
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Tue, 1925-05-19
This date marks the birthday of Malcolm X. in 1925. He was an African-American activist leader who articulated concepts of race pride and Black...
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Thu, 1925-07-02
Medgar Evers was born on this date in 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi. He was an African-American civil rights leader whose assassination for his...
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Tue, 1926-01-05
On this date, Hosea Williams was born in, 1926. He was an African-American civil rights activist.
Williams was the son of blind African-...
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Thu, 1926-03-11
*This date marks the birth of Ralph David Abernathy in 1926. He was an African-American minister, and civil rights leader.
Born in...
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Wed, 1927-04-27
*Coretta Scott King was born on this date in 1927. She was an African American civil rights activist and author.
From Heiberger,...
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Fri, 1928-10-05
On this date in 1928, James Forman was born. He was a civil rights activist who is credited with giving the Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
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Tue, 1929-01-15
This date marks the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1929. He was an African-American minister and activist.
From Atlanta, the...
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Mon, 1929-04-01
The Hallie Q. Brown Center of St. Paul, MN, was incorporated on this date in 1929.
The center is one of the oldest African-American...
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Tue, 1931-02-24
*Lillie Brown was born on this date in 1931. She was an African-American civil rights activist.
From Troy, Ala., she was one of five...
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Sun, 1931-10-04
*William Taylor was born on this date in 1931. He was a Jewish...