page_title: List of African American activists
hierarchical_section_title: List of African American activists
caption_attribution_description: Martin Luther King, 1964
context_page_description: This is a list of African-American activists covering various areas of activism, but primarily focus on those African Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African Americans. The United States of America has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. The names detailed below contains only notable African Americans who are known to be activist.
context_section_description: This is a list of African-American activists covering various areas of activism, but primarily focus on those African Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African Americans. The United States of America has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. The names detailed below contains only notable African Americans who are known to be activist (sorted by surname).
caption: Martin Luther King was an especially prominent black activist who received numerous honors and is now commemorated by a national holiday.
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