Civil Rights Movement

 

Important men and women in the fight for equal rights for all Americans

 

Ella Baker
Civil Rights Leader
Helped organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Activists
Fought against segregation on buses carrying passengers between states
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Civil Rights Activist
Worked to register voters in Mississippi
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Bayard Rustin
Civil Rights Leader
Organized the 1963 March on Washington
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Mary Church Terrell
Educator and Civil Rights Activist
Worked to end segregation in Washington, DC restaurants
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