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Key leader of the labor and civil rights movements
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April 15, 1889 — May 16, 1979
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Film and television actress best known for her role in Gone With the Wind
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January 7, 1911 — December 22, 1995
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Progressive-Era historian and founder of Black History Month
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December 19, 1875 — April 3, 1950
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Progressive-Era editor, writer, and labor activist
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April 5, 1889 — 1967
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Politician, orator, and writer during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras
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February, 1818 — February 20, 1895
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Harlem Renaissance speaker, scholar, labor activist, and educator
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April 27, 1883 — December 17, 1927
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Civil Rights–Era novelist, poet, and playwright
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August 2, 1924 — December 1, 1987
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Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and activist
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February 1, 1902 — May 22, 1967
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Author of two seminal contributions to Civil Rights–Era literature
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September 4, 1908 — November 28, 1960
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Sociologist, historian, writer, and founder of the NAACP
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February 23, 1868 — August 27, 1963
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Harlem Renaissance writer and anthropologist
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January 7, 1891 — January 28, 1960
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