"Civil Rights Activists" T-shirt

Product Details: "Civil Rights Activists" T shirt. The fight for equality is still ongoing but there are some African American 'founding fathers' (and mothers) who helped paved the way for African Americans in our country.  Pictured from the left: MLK Jr., Dorothy Height, Diane Nash, and John Lewis. MLK Jr. (1929-1968) Known as one of the most influential and transformative figures of our time. He was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.  Dorothy Height (1912-2010) Women’s rights activist, godmother of the civil rights movement. President of the National Council of Negro Women. “If you worry about who is going to get the credit you don’t get much work done.”  Diane Nash (1938-) Diane Judith Nash is a civil rights activist, a leader and strategist of the student wing of the Civil Rights Movement. Nash's campaigns were among the most successful of the era including the Fr