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ARTEFFECT

ARTEFFECT

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Collection: Civil Rights Movement Unsung Heroes

Claudette Colvin
  • Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Activist
(b. 1939)
Will Counts
  • Will Counts, Photojournalist
(1931 - 2001)
Jonathan Daniels
  • Jonathan Daniels, Seminarian Activist
(1939 - 1965)
Annie Bell Robinson Devine
  • Annie Bell Robinson Devine, Civil Rights Activist
(1912 - 2000)
Dion Diamond
  • Dion Diamond, Civil Rights Activist
(b. 1941)
Jane Elliott
  • Jane Elliott, Educator
(b. 1933)
Autherine Lucy Foster
  • Autherine Lucy Foster, Civil Rights Activist
(1929 - 2022)
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
  • Elizabeth Jennings Graham, Teacher
(1827 - 1901)
Rev. Dr. T. J. Jemison
  • Rev. Dr. T. J. Jemison, Pastor and Activist
(1918 - 2013)
Katherine Lum
  • Katherine Lum, Advocate
(Unknown - 1988)
Clara Luper
  • Clara Luper, Civil Rights Activist and Educator
(1923 - 2011)
Sylvia Mendez
  • Sylvia Mendez, Civil Rights Activist
(b. 1936)
Jackie Ormes
  • Jackie Ormes, Cartoonist
(1911 - 1985)
Kendall Reinhardt
  • Kendall Reinhardt, Student Activist
(b. Unknown)
Walter Sommers
  • Walter Sommers, Holocaust Educator
(1920 - 2022)
Sheyann Webb
  • Sheyann Webb, Civil Rights Activist
(b. 1956)
Frances B. Williams
  • Frances B. Williams, Community Advocate
(1912 - 2015)
L. Alex Wilson
  • L. Alex Wilson, Journalist
(1909 - 1960)
 

ARTEFFECT is a visual arts education initiative, founded by Lowell Milken, that invites educators and students to explore the inspiring stories of Unsung Heroes―and their invaluable lesson as role models―through the visual art. Learn more: www.arteffectlmc.org