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John Lewis
American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)
Freedom Riders
U.S. activists who rode interstate buses in interracial groups to show the continuing prevalence of segregation
Marion Barry
American politician and former mayor of the District of Columbia (1936-2014)
Diane Nash
American businesswoman known for civil rights activism
James Bevel
1960s Civil Rights Movement strategist (1936–2008)

James Lawson
American activist (1928–2024)
Bernard Lafayette
American civil rights activist (1940–2026)
C. T. Vivian
American writer and activist (1924-2020)
Nashville sit-ins
nonviolent direct action campaign to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee