Activists

The federal judge filed important desecration lawsuits as a NAACP lawyer.

Her business model was based on raising up deeply impoverished people in Africa and India by giving them living wages.

Ben Mhenni documented a revolt against an oppressive regime and police violence.

Fought segregation as one of the first black teachers hired by Denver Public Schools.

The wife of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, she helped plan the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Marca Bristo, advocate for the disabled, who championed the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in Chicago, after a battle with cancer. She was 66.

Arrested about 100 times for her activism and protests, she said 100 times was “Not enough.”

His multi-racial bands performed in defiance of apartheid segregation.

Luis Alvarez was a former New York City detective who fought for health benefits for the police officers, firefighters and other personnel who were the first responders on the site …

Joe Overstreet’s paintings reflected important civil rights issues.