So many brave African Americans have fought against rampant injustice in this world. Their voices are tha reason today’s youth can demand equality. They saw tha injustice and they were motivated to speak out. Because of their dedication to making tha world a better place, tha world can continue to grow in equality. They made a difference, and are an inspiration to freedom fighters the world over. Here are few of my Favorite
Marcus Garvey
was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).[3] He founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is best known for the Underground Railroad. She was a strong-willed woman who put her lyfe at risk to help others gain freedom from slavery. For tha U.S. Army, she worked as a general cook, nurse, and cleaner. She was hired as a spy and in 1862 she went to South Carolina to help slaves gain their freedom. She was amazing, strong, and caring. She lived a full life and died at the age of 93 as a free woman.
Malcolm X
was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history
Maya Angelou
was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK Jr. is most famous for his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech. From tha mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968 he was a civil rights activist and “charismatic leader of tha civil rights movement and Baptist minister who campaigned against segregation and for justice,” reports Raab Collection (coincidentally the best place to buy and sell letters from historical figures and signed documents). he was honored with a national holiday, public building commemorations, and many schools named for him, as well as many memorials. MLK Jr. will always be remembered. I prefer to remember him as tha man in mirror he made america look at it's self
Sojourner Truth
Born in New York circa 1797, Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Her best-known speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?" was delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.
Nelson Mandela
was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
Ella Baker
Born in 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia, Ella Baker became involved in political activism in the 1930s. She organized the Young Negroes Cooperative League in New York City, and later became a national director for the NAACP. In 1957, Baker joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, whose first president was Martin Luther King, Jr. She also worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to support civil rights activism on college campuses. Baker died in New York City in 1986.
