Lawson, James, Jr.(1928– ): Clergyman who led the sit-in movement in
Nashville, helped found SNCC, joined the Freedom Ride, and conducted
workshops for FOR and SCLC.
Lewis, John(1940– ): Participated in the Nashville sit-ins, Freedom Ride,
and Selma march; SNCC co-founder and chairman who spoke at the March
on Washington; VEP director.
Liuzzo, Viola(1925–65): White Detroit mother murdered by klansmen for
helping the Selma march.
Lucy, Autherine(1929– ): Graduate student who was expelled by the
University of Alabama when mob violence erupted.
McCain, Franklin(1942– ): One of the four original Greensboro sit-in
participants.
McKissick, Floyd (1922–91): CORE attorney who organized North
Carolina sit-ins and later preached black power.
Malcolm X(1925–65): Fiery Nation of Islam minister who mocked the civil
rights movement before being murdered.
Malone, Vivian(1942–2005): Desegregated the University of Alabama.
Marshall, Burke(1922–2003): US assistant attorney general who handled
the Kennedy administration’s response to civil rights demonstrations.
Marshall, Thurgood(1908–93): NAACP chief counsel nicknamed ‘Mr Civil
Rights’ for his many legal victories over discrimination, especially Brown.
Meredith, James (1933– ): First black to enroll at the University of
Mississippi; shot during his March Against Fear.
Moore, Amzie(1911– 82): Businessman and NAACP activist who invited
SNCC to transform Mississippi.
Moses, Robert(1935– ): Low-key organizer of SNCC’s Freedom Summer
project.
Nash, Diane(1938– ): A leader of the Nashville student movement who
rescued the Freedom Ride.
Newton, Huey(1942–89): Co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
Nixon, E.D.(1899 –1987): Union leader, president of Alabama’s NAACP,
and organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Parks, Rosa(1913–2005): ‘The mother of the civil rights movement’ who
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