List of 19th-century African-American civil rights activists
This list contains the names of notable African American civil rights activists and thinkers who pushed for emancipation, equality, and racial justice during the 19th century.[1]
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Although not often highlighted in American history, before Rosa Parks changed America when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus in December 1955, 19th-century African-American civil rights activists worked strenuously from the 1850s until the 1880s for the cause of equal treatment.
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References
- Newman, Richard (Winter 2023). "Early Black Thought Leaders and the Reframing of American Intellectual History". Journal of the Early Republic. 43 (4): 631–643. doi:10.1353/jer.2023.a915166 – via EBSCOHost.
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