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Also Known As Lugenia D. Burns
Born February 19, 1871 • Saint LouisMissouri
Died August 14, 1947 (aged 76) • NashvilleTennessee
Role In American civil rights movement

Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth
American minister and civil rights activist
Rosa Parks sitting on a bus
Rosa Parks
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W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
Daisy Bates
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Septima Poinsette Clark
Septima Poinsette Clark
American educator and civil rights advocate
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Constance Baker Motley
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Medgar Evers
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Bond, Julian
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Ovington, Mary White
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Height, Dorothy
Dorothy Height
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Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins
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Lucius Christopher Bates
American publisher and civil rights leader
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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James Baldwin
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