Civil Rights Leaders
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Three Civil Rights leaders
Martin Luther King Jr.
Was a social activist and earlier a baptist minister, Also leading the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 1950s until his assassination in 1968. He had a big impact on racism in the U.S. Even after he was assassinated he was still well known as the the African American leader of his era. He was honored with a national holiday, schools and buildings were named after him, and a memorial on independence mall in Washington D.C.
Malcolm X
An African American leader and important person in the nation of islam. He expressed the concepts of black pride and African American nationalism in the early 1960s. Malcolm was assassinated in 1965. His biggest contribution to society was showing the value of a truly free public by demonstrating the great lengths of which people will go to secure their freedom.
Stokley Carmichael
Was a Trinidadian American political activist. Well known as the leader of the civil rights group SNCC in the 1960s. Carmichael Stands out as one of the excellent figures of the American civil rights movement. He was an inspired orator, persuasive essayist, effective organizer and expansive thinker. He was known for his tireless spirit and natural outlook.