Civil Rights Leaders and Websites

Websites to use while researching civil rights leaders

Civil Rights Leaders You May Want to Research

Angelou, Maya

Anthony, Susan

Bridges Hall, Ruby

Bunche, Ralph

Carmichael, Stokely

Chavis, Benjamin F., Jr.

Douglass, Frederick

Scott, Dred

Du Bois, W.E.B.

Evers, Medgar

Jackson, Jesse

Johnson, James Weldon

King, Coretta Scott

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Farmer, James

Gandhi, Mahatma Garvey

Hamer, Fannie Lou

Parks, Rosa

Malcolm X

Mandela, Nelson

Marshall Thurgood

Malcolm X

Newton, Huey P.

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Meredith, James

Parks, Rosa

Seale, Bobby

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Truth, Sojourner

Tubman, Harriet

Young, Coleman A.

Williams, Robert F.

Wilkins, Roy

More Websites to Search

Martin Delany Tells about the black nationalist who labored to see newly-freed slaves treated fairly and who urged a return to Africa. Includes excerpts from his writings.

Cesar Chavez Biography of the civil rights and labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers.

Elijah Muhammad Black nationalist and Nation of Islam spiritual leader who rejected Christianity as the religion of the oppressor.

Coleman A. Young Comprehensive profile of the politician and civil rights activist who served as mayor of Detroit for five consecutive terms. Includes photographs, audio clips from his funeral, and forum. From the Detroit Free Press.

Andrew Young Biography of Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. American civil rights leader, politician, and clergyman.

Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell Tells about the American journalist and reformer who was known chiefly for her campaign against the lynching of blacks during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Hosea Williams Life story of American civil rights leader.

Hosea Williams Story about the life and death of Hosea Williams from ABC News.

Cleaver, (Leroy) Eldridge Tells about the life of this preacher of the doctrine of Black Power who made two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Presidency.

Randolph, A Philip Introduces the man who played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1932-) From the Biographical directory of the United States Congress.

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