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SISTERS OF THE MOVEMENT.

These are the most influential women leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Women like Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Betty Shabazz and many more have helped in the fight for social injustices and made a huge impact on the world with their courage and determination. 

Myrlie Evers-Williams

Myrlie Evers-Williams

School board member and widow of Medgar Evers
Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela on a fundraising trip in Atlanta during anti-apartheid movement.
Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

Peace advocate and Civil Rights advocate.
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Civil Rights Movement activist.
Bernice Reagan Johnson

Bernice Reagan Johnson

Social activist and founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's Freedom Singers.
Connie Curry

Connie Curry

Civil Rights activist, educator and writer.
Juanita Jones Abernathy

Juanita Jones Abernathy

Civil rights activist and leader.
Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisolm at the Atlanta Life Insurance Company.
Three major women activists at the Women & the Civil Rights Movement conference.

Three major women activists at the Women & the Civil Rights Movement conference.

From left to right: Christine King Farris, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks
Sheroes

Sheroes

Betty Shabazz, Coretta S. King and Myrlie Evers-Williams.
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