Category: US Civil Rights Activists

A

• Afesa Marie Adams Ph.D. 20 Feb 1936 Greenwood, Leflore, Mississippi, United States - 6 May 2018
• Amos Bronson Alcott 29 Nov 1799 Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 4 Mar 1888
• Richard Allen 14 Feb 1760 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 26 Mar 1831
• Marian Anderson 27 Feb 1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 8 Aug 1993
• Susan Brownell Anthony 15 Feb 1820 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - 13 Mar 1906

B

• Ella Josephine Baker 13 Dec 1903 Norfolk, Virginia, United States - 13 Dec 1986
• Mignon (Barker) Richmond 1 Apr 1897 Utah - 10 Mar 1984
• Sarah (Bass) Allen 1764 Isle of Wight Co, Virginia - 16 Jul 1849
• Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe 14 Jun 1811 Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - 1 Jul 1896
• Alice Stone Blackwell 14 Sep 1857 Orange, Essex, New Jersey - 15 Mar 1950
• Jean Baptiste Francois Boisdore abt 1824 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 13 Dec 1897
• Horace Julian Bond 14 Jan 1940 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States - 15 Aug 2015
• Antoinette Louisa (Brown) Blackwell 20 May 1825 Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States - 5 Nov 1921
• Linda Brown 20 Feb 1942 Kansas, United States - 25 Mar 2018
• Lucy Burns 28 Jul 1879 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 22 Dec 1966

C

• Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton 12 Nov 1815 Johnstown, Fulton, New York, United States - 26 Oct 1902
• James Herbert Cameron Jr. 25 Feb 1914 LaCrosse, Wisconsin - 11 Jun 2006
• Elizabeth Buffum Chace 9 Dec 1806 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States - 12 Dec 1899
• Elizabeth Margaret Chandler 24 Dec 1807 Centre, Delaware, United States - 2 Nov 1834
• James Chaney 30 May 1943 Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States - 21 Jun 1964
• John Griffith (Chaney) London 12 Jan 1876 San Francisco, California - 22 Nov 1916
• Maria Weston Chapman 25 Jul 1806 Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 13 Jul 1885
• Lydia Maria Child 11 Feb 1802 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 20 Oct 1880
• Cassius Marcellus (Clay) Ali 17 Jan 1942 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. - 3 Jun 2016
• Lucretia (Coffin) Mott 3 Jan 1793 Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA - 11 Nov 1880
• Martha (Coffin) Wright 25 Dec 1806 Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 4 Jan 1875

D

• Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer 10 Mar 1908 Kelly, Forrest, Mississippi, United States - 10 Jan 1966
• Louise (DeKoven) Bowen 26 Feb 1859 Chicago, Illinois - 9 Nov 1953

D cont.

• John Wesley Dobbs 26 Mar 1882 Georgia, United States - 30 Aug 1961
• Douglas-2806

E

• Mitsuye Maureen (Endo) Tsutsumi 10 May 1920 Sacramento, California, United States - 14 Apr 2006
• Richard Joseph (Erdos) Erdoes 7 Jul 1912 Frankfurt, Germany - 16 Jul 2008
• Medgar Wiley Evers 2 Jul 1925 Decatur, Newton, Mississippi, United States - 12 Jun 1963

F

• Barney Launcelot Ford 22 Jan 1822 Stafford, Virginia, United States - 22 Dec 1902
• Abby Kelly Foster 15 Jan 1811 Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - 14 Jan 1887
• Stephen Symonds Foster 17 Nov 1809 Canterbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States - 8 Sep 1881

G

• Anna Gardner 25 Jan 1816 Nantucket, Massachusetts - 18 Feb 1901
• Minnie Gardner 3 Apr 1909 Alabama - 3 Jun 2000
• Arthur George Gaston abt 4 Jul 1892 Demopolis Alabama - 20 Jan 1996
• Daisy Lee (Gatson Bates) Bates 11 Nov 1914 Huttig, Union, Arkansas, United States - 4 Nov 1999
• Andrew Goodman 23 Nov 1943 New York City, New York, USA - 21 Jun 1964
• Viola Fauver (Gregg) Liuzzo 11 Apr 1925 California, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 25 Mar 1965
• Angelina Emily Grimke 20 Feb 1805 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 26 Oct 1879
• Sarah Moore Grimke 26 Nov 1792 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 23 Dec 1873

H

• Dorothy Irene Height 24 Mar 1912 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 20 Apr 2010
• Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi 23 Apr 1918 Seattle, King, Washington, United States - 2 Jan 2012
• William Minoru Hohri 13 Mar 1927 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States - 12 Nov 2010

J

• Harriet Ann Jacobs 11 Feb 1815 Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, United States - 7 Mar 1897
• Johnson-29643

K

• Michael Luther King Sr. abt 19 Dec 1897 Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia, United States - 11 Nov 1984
• Michael Luther King Jr. 15 Jan 1929 501 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States - 4 Apr 1968
• Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu 30 Jan 1919 Oakland, Alameda, California, United States - 30 Mar 2005

L

• Carrie Clinton (Lane) Chapman Catt 9 Jan 1859 Ripon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States - 9 Mar 1947
• Lewis-27755
• Jarm Wesley (Logue) Loguen 5 Feb 1809 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee - 30 Sep 1872

M

• Kathleen Rochard (Manning) Simon abt 1864 Kyle, County Wexford, Ireland - 27 Mar 1955
• Martin Mitsuyuki Matsudaira 12 Nov 1937 Seattle, King, Washington, United States - 24 Mar 2019

M cont.

• Freda Josephine (McDonald) Baker 3 Jun 1906 St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America - 12 Apr 1975
• Essie Mae Moody 15 Sep 1940 Centreville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States - 5 Feb 2015
• Anna Pauline Murray 20 Nov 1910 Baltimore, Maryland, USA - 1 Jul 1985

N

• Nash-3443
• Norma Leah (Nelson) McCorvey 22 Sep 1947 Simmesport, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States - 18 Feb 2017

P

• Eliza Franklin (Pickrell) Routt abt May 1839 Sangamon, Illinois, United States - 22 Mar 1907
• Davis Page Platt 17 Feb 1923 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA - 3 Oct 2008
• Amelia (Platts) Boynton Robinson 18 Aug 1911 Savannah, Georgia, United States - 26 Aug 2015
• Septima Modestine (Poinsette) Clark 3 May 1898 Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 17 Dec 1987
• George Hollingsworth Puntenney Jr. 15 Jun 1798 Rome, Adams, Ohio, United States - abt 1845

R

• Bayard Taylor Rustin 17 Mar 1912 West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States - 24 Aug 1987

S

• Darren Seals 15 May 1987 Ferguson, St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 6 Sep 2016
• Abraham Doras Shadd 2 Mar 1801 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware - 11 Feb 1882
• Mary Ann (Shadd) Cary 9 Oct 1823 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States - 5 Jun 1893
• Abigail Quincy (Smith) Adams 22 Nov 1744 Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 28 Oct 1818
• Abraham Lincoln Smith 1876 Alabama - 28 May 1940
• Creola (Smith) Gaston 1903 Alabama - 5 May 1930
• Lamar Smith Mar 1893 Caseyville, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA - 13 Aug 1955
• Lucy Stone 13 Aug 1818 West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 18 Oct 1893
• Marjory (Stoneman) Douglas 7 Apr 1890 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA - 14 May 1998

T

• Albion Winegar Tourgée 2 May 1838 Williamsfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, USA - 21 May 1905
• Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer 6 Oct 1917 Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States - 14 Mar 1977
• Miguel H. Trujillo 30 Apr 1904 Isleta Pueblo, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA - 27 Aug 1989
• Trumpauer-1

W

• Henry Oscar Wagoner Sr 27 Feb 1816 Maryland, United States - 27 Jan 1901
• Julia (Ward) Howe 27 May 1819 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Oct 1910
• Eunice Kathleen (Waymon) Simone 21 Feb 1933 Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, United States - 21 Apr 2003

Y

• Minoru Yasui 19 Oct 1916 Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, United States - 12 Nov 1986