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109 memorial pages

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Joanne Bland

07/29/1953 – 02/19/2026

72 years

American voting rights activist

Selma

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Jesse Jackson

10/08/1941 – 02/17/2026

84 years

American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Chicago

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Claudette Colvin

09/05/1939 – 01/13/2026

86 years

African-American civil rights activist

Texas

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Nikki Giovanni

06/07/1943 – 12/09/2024

81 years

American poet, writer and activist

Blacksburg

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John McKnight

01/01/1931 – 11/02/2024

93 years

Evanston

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Harry Belafonte

03/01/1927 – 04/25/2023

96 years

American singer, actor and civil rights activist

New York City

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James Covington Parham, Jr.

10/01/1930 – 03/06/2023

92 years

United States

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Roslyn Pope

10/29/1938 – 01/19/2023

84 years

Arlington

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Jorge Medina

04/24/1968 – 11/23/2022

54 years

La Paz

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Clyde Bellecourt

05/08/1936 – 01/11/2022

85 years

Minneapolis

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C. Herbert Oliver

02/28/1925 – 11/30/2021

96 years

New York City

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Miriam DeCosta-Willis

11/01/1934 – 01/07/2021

86 years

Memphis

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Basilia Catari Torres

04/15/1965 – 01/07/2021

55 years

Mocomoco

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C. T. Vivian

07/30/1924 – 07/17/2020

95 years

Atlanta

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Howard Croft

10/13/1941 – 06/20/2020

78 years

Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Elsa Joubert

10/19/1922 – 06/14/2020

97 years

South African writer

Cape Town

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Sally Rowley

10/20/1931 – 05/14/2020

88 years

Tucson

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Hansjörg Weigel

03/15/1943 – 04/29/2020

77 years

Jena

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Hunter Pitts O'Dell

08/11/1923 – 10/31/2019

96 years

United States

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Klaus Vack

05/17/1935 – 05/18/2019

84 years

Germany

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Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

07/27/1927 – 08/15/2018

91 years

South Africa

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Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

08/05/1924 – 07/18/2018

93 years

Torrance

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Peggy Cooper Cafritz

04/07/1947 – 02/18/2018

70 years

Washington, D.C.

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Mary Antona Ebo

04/10/1924 – 11/11/2017

93 years

Bridgeton

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109 memorial pages

Joanne Bland

Jesse Jackson

Claudette Colvin

Nikki Giovanni

John McKnight

Harry Belafonte

James Covington Parham, Jr.

Roslyn Pope

Jorge Medina

Clyde Bellecourt

C. Herbert Oliver

Miriam DeCosta-Willis

Basilia Catari Torres

C. T. Vivian

Howard Croft

Elsa Joubert

Sally Rowley

Hansjörg Weigel

Hunter Pitts O'Dell

Klaus Vack

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Mary Antona Ebo

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109 memorial pages

Joanne Bland

Jesse Jackson

Claudette Colvin

Nikki Giovanni

John McKnight

Harry Belafonte

James Covington Parham, Jr.

Roslyn Pope

Jorge Medina

Clyde Bellecourt

C. Herbert Oliver

Miriam DeCosta-Willis

Basilia Catari Torres

C. T. Vivian

Howard Croft

Elsa Joubert

Sally Rowley

Hansjörg Weigel

Hunter Pitts O'Dell

Klaus Vack

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Mary Antona Ebo