Malcolm X
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement
20th-century african-american activists
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi
Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist