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Little Rock race incident The Crisis
How did Ida B. Wells-Barnett become an activist?
How did “Fighting Shirley” Chisholm earn her nickname?
East Saint Louis Race Riot NAACP march
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.
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Also Known As NAACP • National Negro Committee
Date 1909 - present
Headquarters Baltimore • New York City
Areas Of Involvement civil rights • Spingarn Medal
Related People Fred Shuttlesworth • Rosa Parks • W.E.B. Du Bois • Madam C.J. Walker • Robert Williams • Daisy Lampkin • Daisy Bates • Ida B. Wells-Barnett • Septima Poinsette Clark • Shirley Chisholm • Florence Kelley • Jim Clyburn • Lugenia Burns Hope • Ella Baker • Marian Wright Edelman

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (left of centre) and Malcolm X (right) waiting for a press conference, 1964.
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