Civil Rights Advocates

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  1. 3. Refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  2. 4. Refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.
  3. 7. One of the Little Rock Nine who faced mobs integrating Central High School in Arkansas.
  4. 10. Co-founded the Black Panther Party, emphasizing self-defense and social programs like free breakfast for children.
  5. 11. Advocated for women’s and racial equality as the head of the National Council of Negro Women.
  6. 12. Formerly enslaved woman who became an abolitionist and famous for her "Ain’t I a Woman?" speech.
  7. 15. Used music to protest racial injustice, famously singing "Mississippi Goddam."
  8. 18. NAACP youth leader who led the first Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregated lunch counters.
  9. 19. Led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and pushed for equal job opportunities, forcing FDR to ban discrimination in defense industries.
  10. 20. Led the 1965 Selma march and was beaten on "Bloody Sunday"; later became a congressman.
  11. 21. NAACP lawyer who won Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
  12. 22. Gave an emotional speech at the 1964 Democratic Convention about voter suppression in Mississippi.
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  1. 1. Believed in grassroots activism, helped found SNCC, and mentored young activists.
  2. 2. Black feminist writer and activist who fought for racial and gender justice in books like "Ain’t I a Woman?"
  3. 5. Co-founded the Black Panther Party and advocated for self-defense and community programs.
  4. 6. Faced riots and the National Guard while integrating the University of Alabama.
  5. 8. Escaped slavery and became a powerful abolitionist, writer, and speaker; advised Lincoln.
  6. 9. Helped integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962 despite violent resistance.
  7. 12. 14-year-old murdered in Mississippi in 1955, whose death galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.
  8. 13. Fought for farmworkers' rights, co-founded the United Farm Workers, and coined "Sí se puede."
  9. 14. Initially promoted Black nationalism and separation, later shifted to unity; assassinated in 1965.
  10. 16. Led SNCC and helped organize Freedom Summer to register Black voters in Mississippi.
  11. 17. First Black woman elected to Congress and 1972 presidential candidate, advocating for racial and gender equality.
  12. 18. Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, gave the "I Have a Dream" speech, and advocated for nonviolent resistance.
  13. 21. Fought school segregation as a lawyer and became the first Black woman federal judge.