American social reformers

Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary and Black nationalist leader who rose from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity to a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the religious organization the Nation of Islam while in prison and served as its spokesperson from 1952 until 1964. He was also a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure with Black people and Muslims worldwide for his pursuit of racial justice.

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

American journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879)

American suffragist (1793–1880)

American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)

British Army general, founder of the Georgia colony (1696-1785)

American activist (1795-1852)

American activist (1811–1887)

American art historian (1827-1908)

American abolitionist and politician (1797–1874)

United States politician (1801–1877)

African-American entrepreneur (1814-1904)

American lawyer, social reformer, social scientist and civil rights activist (1866-1948)

American social activist (1859–1940)

American social reformer and Unitarian minister (1802–1880)

American socialite, social activist, and diplomat

American activist (1902–1995)

American publisher and activist (1889–1951)

American politician (1821-1899)

American activist, reformer, writer (1833–1913)

American artist, writer, and youth leader (1850–1941)

American suffragist, reformer (1845-1937)

abolitionist, social reformer, philosopher (1805-1887)

American physician (1840-1926)

American social reformer and activist (1874-1962)

American editor, anarchist

American physician (1845–1916)

American politician (1873–1948)

American activist (1827-1900)

American physician, health reformer, benefactor, suffragist (1831-1905)

American educator, missionary, philanthropist, activist, social reformer (1822-1897)

(1884-1968) American government official

American social reformer

Union Army soldier and politician (1840-1901)

American abolitionist and suffragette (1808-1898)

American doctor of medicine (1845-1931)

American judge (1869-1943)

American lecturer, organizer, suffragist, socialist (1869-1945)

United States federal judge

British-born American author and artist (1849-1930)

Kentucky suffragist and civil rights

American writer, philanthropist and activist (1792–1855)

American social reformer

American social reformer

American educator, suffragist, reformer

American social reformer, writer

English-American minister, activist, journalist, author, and politician (1827–1941)

religious leader and social reformer (1794–1828)

American lawyer and government official