HyperDic: civil_rights_worker

English > 1 sense of the expression civil rights worker:
NOUNperson civil rights worker, civil rights leader, civil rights activista leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
English > civil rights worker: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups.
Synonymscivil rights leader, civil rights activist
InstancesBond, Julian BondUnited States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
Du Bois, W. E. B. Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt Du BoisUnited States civil rights leader and political / political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley EversUnited States civil rights worker in Mississippi
Farmer, James Leonard FarmerUnited States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis JacksonUnited States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation / segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
Malcolm X, Malcolm Littlemilitant civil rights leader (1925-1965)
Meredith, James Meredith, James Howard MeredithUnited States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)
Parks, Rosa ParksUnited States civil rights leader who refused / refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
Robeson, Paul Robeson, Paul Bustill RobesonUnited States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism / socialism (1898-1976)
Wilkins, Roy WilkinsUnited States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Narrowerfreedom riderOne of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation
Broaderreformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, melioristA disputant who advocates reform

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