Civil Rights Activist Collection

American singer, Nina Simone, in the UK recording a television programme called Sound of Soul for London Weekend Television

Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer
NWI4950123 Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer.; (add.info.: Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, American social reformer.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Lydia Maria Child portrait
NWI4950529 Lydia Maria Child portrait.; (add.info.: Lydia Maria Child portrait.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with her autograph
NWI4950451 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with her autograph.; (add.info.: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with her autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Dorothea Dix, with autograph
NWI4950004 Dorothea Dix, with autograph.; (add.info.: Dorothea Dix, with autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Mrs. Eugene Meyer Jr. portrait photograph, 1918 July 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Eugene Meyer Jr. portrait photograph, 1918 July 2. American journalist, philanthropist, civil rights activist and patron of the arts Agnes E

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

Miss Ida B. Wells, [Frontispiece], (1894?). Creator: Unknown
Miss Ida B. Wells, [Frontispiece], (1894?)

A.J. Carey, Jr.; The Chicago Daily News [1st prize check], 1925. Creator: Unknown
A.J. Carey, Jr.; The Chicago Daily News [1st prize check], 1925

Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1917-1923. Creator: Unknown
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1917-1923

Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. Creator: Folger
Hon. B. W. Arnett, 1886. African-American civil rights activist, politician, educator, minister, bishop and author Benjamin William Arnett

W. H. Steward, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. H. Steward, 1887. African-American educator, journalist, civil rights activist William Henry Steward was president of the Afro-American Press Association

Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y. 1946

Portrait of Josh White and Mary Lou Williams, WMCA, New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Josh White and Mary Lou Williams, WMCA, New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1947

Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y. 1946

Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y. 1946

Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. Creator: Vogt Bros
Hon. Jere A. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, 1888. African-American politician and civil rights activist Jeremiah A. Brown. When young, he worked on steamboats with Mark Twain

John W. Cromwell, 1887. Creator: Unknown
John W. Cromwell, 1887. John Wesley Cromwell, African-American lawyer, teacher, civil servant, journalist, historian, and civil rights activist

T. T. Fortune, 1887. Creator: Unknown
T. T. Fortune, 1887. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor, economist and publisher

Harvey Johnson, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Harvey Johnson, 1887. African-American pastor and civil rights activist. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons

C. B. Purvis, 1887. Creator: Unknown
C. B. Purvis, 1887. African-American doctor Charles Burleigh Purvis was the first black physician to treat a sitting president when he attended James Garfield after he was shot by an assassin in

J. A. Arneaux, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. A. Arneaux, 1887. African-American Shakespearean actor, journalist and civil rights activist John A. Arneaux was editor

N. H. Ensley, 1887. Creator: Unknown
N. H. Ensley, 1887. Newell Houston Ensley, African-American Baptist minister and civil rights activist; professor at Shaw University, Howard University, and Alcorn University

John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. Creator: Unknown
John Mitchell, Jr. 1887. African American businessman, newspaper editor, civil rights activist, and politician: founded and served as president of the Mechanics Savings Bank; editor of the Richmond

W. E. Mathews, 1887. Creator: Unknown
W. E. Mathews, 1887. William E. Matthews, African-American lawyer, financier, and civil rights activist, promoted education for freedmen during and after the US Civil War

T. Thomas Fortune, 1891. Creator: Unknown
T. Thomas Fortune, 1891. Timothy Thomas Fortune, African-American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor, economist and publisher. From The Afro-American press and its editors

Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, 1922

Dr. Roman's clinic; First Operation performed in the George W. Hubbard Hospital... 1922. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Roman's clinic; First Operation performed in the George W. Hubbard Hospital connected with Meharry Medical College; Dr. Roman is second from the left; Photo by Lay Brothers, Nashville, Tenn

On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly... 1918-1922. Creator: Unknown
On to Washington; A. Philip Randolph, Candidate for Assembly from the 19th Assembly Distric, 1918-1922

William Edward Burghardt du Bois (1868-1963) (oil on canvas)
PNP249306 William Edward Burghardt du Bois (1868-1963) (oil on canvas) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association... Colored People, Washington, 1942
Washington, D.C. Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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"Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, also known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement," bravely refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. Her defiant act sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 381-day protest that ultimately led to the desegregation of city buses. Parks' courageous stand challenged racial discrimination and inspired a nation, paving the way for greater civil rights and social justice."