Martin Delany
Martin Delany Early Life Martin Robison Delany was born free on May 6, 1812, in Charles Town, Virginia, now within West Virginia. The youngest of
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Early Life and Family Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents, James and Leona McCauley,
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers Early Life and Education Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. Growing up in a Mississippi farming family,
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey Early Life Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. was born on August 17, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Self-educated, Garvey founded the Universal Negro
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington Early Life Born to an enslaved person on April 5, 1856, Washington's life had little promise early on. In Franklin County, Virginia,
W.E.B. Dubois
W.E.B. Dubois Early Life and Education William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, better known as W.E.B. Du Bois, was born on February 23, 1868, in Great
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Early Life Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in the tiny village of Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in
Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King Early Life Born as Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was the middle child of Michael
Patrisse Marie Khan Cullors Brignac
Patrisse Marie Khan Cullors Brignac Early Beginnings Cullors was born in 1984 in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the Pacoima neighborhood of the