Activism Archives - Page 43 of 173

Consuelo Hermosillo

Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women

Maria Hurtado

Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women

Rebecca Figueroa

Defendant in the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class action lawsuit against the forced sterilization of Latina women

Dr Audrey Forbes Manley

Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley was the first African American woman to achieve the rank of Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral).

Lesser known than some of the national civil rights leaders, she took her own protests to the American courtrooms, arguing against racial discrimination and “Jim Crow” laws and became the first woman on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Evelyn G Lowery

Evelyn Gibson Lowery has been both foot soldier and leader at pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.

Diane Nash

American civil rights activist

Addie L Wyatt

One of the US’s foremost labor union leaders, women’s rights advocate and civil rights activist.

Dr Barbara Lewis King

Bishop Barbara Lewis King, affectionately called Dr. Barbara, is the Founder/Minister of the Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2001, she became the first female to be enstooled as a Chief at Assin Nsuta, Ghana, West Africa.