AAHB Civil Rights

A writer and civil rights activist who bore witness to the African American experience

in America.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Committed to civil rights, his writings fueled the Black revolution.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

He wrote: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Notes of a Native Son

The Fire Next Time

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Organized “The Niagara Movement” which called for full political, civil, and

social rights for African Americans and was a founder of the N.A.A.C.P.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Educator, social scientist, and journalist who provided a model of aggressive African American leadership for Human Rights.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Edited The Crisis and wrote the African American classic, The Souls of

Black Folk.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

President emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

“The godmother of the women’s movement. One of the ‘Big Six’ in the 1960’s Civil

Rights Movement.”

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Lead a national coalition of African American women’s organizations; Advocates

building upon African American Family strengths: the rich heritage; the strong

cultural base; and the strong religious base.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

She has been called “the mother of the movement” because of her courage to defy custom and law to uphold her personal rights and dignity.

• JAMES BALDWIN, NOVELIST, ESSAYIST, PLAYWRIGHT

• W.E.B. DUBOIS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, N.A.A.C.P. FOUNDING MEMBER

• DOROTHY HEIGHT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN CHAIRPERSON

• ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

• JOHN LEWIS, POLITICIAN, STATESMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST