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Definition of Civil rights leader
1. Noun. A leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups.
Specialized synonyms: Freedom Rider
Generic synonyms: Crusader, Meliorist, Reformer, Reformist, Social Reformer
Specialized synonyms: Bond, Julian Bond, Du Bois, W. E. B. Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers, Farmer, James Leonard Farmer, Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson, King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, James Howard Meredith, James Meredith, Meredith, Parks, Rosa Parks, Paul Bustill Robeson, Paul Robeson, Robeson, Roy Wilkins, Wilkins, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young, Young
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civil Rights Leader
Literary usage of Civil rights leader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony & Ula Manzo (1990)
"... and very humanizing fact about the sometimes somber-looking civil rights leader.
The students in this primarily white private school subsequently read ..."
2. Easy File Folder Reports by Yvonne Despard (2004)
"... first man to reach the North Pole with Robert E. Peary minister and civil
rights leader gospel singer first Black American woman astronaut musician and ..."
3. Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989 by Bruce A. Ragsdale, Joel D. Treese (1996)
"... Gus Savage's election to Congress in 1980 was another milepost in a long career
as a pioneer black journalist and community and civil rights leader. ..."
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