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Diversity in America's Civil Rights Movement

As I continue to delve into this topic (since this was my week to lead our team's daily prep sessions), I grow more fascinated by the diversity of individuals who played significant roles in America's Civil Rights movement.

Below is short list of individuals.  Interesting to note how President Johnson, a Southerner, and Robert Kennedy, a Northerner from a privileged background, played major roles. 

By clicking on each individual's name, you can read more. 


1. Medgar Evers

2. Rosa Parks

3. President Lyndon B. Johnson

4. Thurgood Marshall

5. James Meredith

6. Robert F. Kennedy

7. Ralph Abernathy

8. Julian Bond

9. John Lewis

10. Whitney Young

11. For a larger list:

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