- Coleman A. Young - http://www.freep.com/news/young/
Comprehensive profile of the politician and civil rights activist who served as mayor of Detroit for five consecutive terms. Includes photographs, audio clips from his funeral, and forum. From the Detroit Free Press.
- Martin Delany - http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/delany/home.htm
Tells about the black nationalist who labored to see newly-freed slaves treated fairly and who urged a return to Africa. Includes excerpts from his writings.
- Elijah Muhammad - http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/muhammad_e.htm
Black nationalist and Nation of Islam spiritual leader who rejected Christianity as the religion of the oppressor.
- Cesar Chavez - http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Chavez.html
Biography of the civil rights and labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers.
- Lech Walesa - http://www.4to40.com/legends/index.asp?article=legends_lechwalesa
A leader of the Solidarity movement that lead the Poles out of communism. Includes a brief biography.
- Hosea Williams - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhosea.htm
Tells the life story of the American civil rights leader.
- Randolph, A Philip - http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=62659
Introduces the man who played a leading role in the struggle for black rights from the 1920s through the 1960s.
- Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell - http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=76512
Tells about the American journalist and reformer who was known chiefly for her campaign against the lynching of blacks during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- Young, Andrew - http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=78051
Biography of Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. American civil rights leader, politician, and clergyman.
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