Civil Rights Activists
William Henry Jernagin (1869-1958)
William Henry Jernagin was a Baptist minister, civil rights advocate and Organizer of the Washington Bureau of the National Fraternal...
The Tougaloo Nine (1961)
The Tougaloo Nine were nine students who, in 1961 while undergraduates at Tougaloo College, staged sit-ins at the all-white Jackson...
Janet Mock (1983- )
Janet Mock is an African American, Hawaiian, and Transgendered person. She was born on March 10, 1983, in Honolulu, Hawaii....
Reby Cary (1920-2018)
Reby Cary, educator, community activist, politician, entrepreneur and World War II veteran, was born on September 9, 1920, in Fort...
Lucia Kay (Holman) McBath (1960- )
Congresswoman Lucia “Lucy” McBath, is a wife, mother, author, and activist for social justice. Lucia Kay Holman was born in...
Eugene Moszee (1914-1945)
Eugene Moszee was a civil rights activist in Seattle during the 1940s. Born in Floresville, Texas, in 1914, the first...
William B. Gibbs, Jr. (1905-1984)
Civil Rights activist, American educator, and community religious leader William B. Gibbs, Jr. was born July 26, 1905, in West...
Xernona Clayton (1930- )
Xernona Clayton, a civil rights activist and the first woman to host a television show in the South, was born...
Dorothy Cotton (1930-2018)
Dorothy Cotton was an American civil rights activist and leader, known for being the only woman in the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...
