Portraits of Civil Rights Leaders and Activists by Robert Shetterly
Learn about civil rights leaders and activists using portraits by artist Robert Shetterly
Singer, Writer, Civil Rights Activist: 1898 - 1976
Bryan Stevenson has helped to transform the landscape of the criminal justice system, guided by a belief in the power of being equal before the law.
John Lewis was involved in the Civil Rights Movement as a young man and later became a member the House of Representatives for the state of Georgia.
One of the most successful organizers of his time, working for peace, labor, and civil rights, he organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
On April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns, then a sixteen-year-old high school student, led her classmates to strike in protest of the substandard conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School.
In July 2013, in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin, Alicia Garza reacted using the phrase “Black lives matter” starting the Black Lives Matter Movement.
The Me Too movement is an outgrowth of Burke’s use of the phrase “me too,” which afforded her a way to speak to and make common cause with survivors of sexual violence.
Zyahna is a student activist and community organizer who worked on issues of racial justice in Charlottesville, VA. Bryant founded her high school’s Black Student Union and joined Black Lives Matter.
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