Civil Rights Worker (Noun)
Meaning
A leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Medgar Evers was a prominent civil rights worker who fought for racial equality in Mississippi until his assassination in 1963.
- As a civil rights worker in the Deep South, she faced numerous threats and acts of violence but remained committed to her cause.
- During his student years at Morehouse College in Atlanta, he began to develop his passion for civil rights activism and soon became a civil rights worker.
- She was a dedicated civil rights worker who spent years advocating for the rights of African Americans in the segregated city of Montgomery.
- As a civil rights worker and lawyer, he contributed to several key landmark cases that helped to dismantle segregation in the United States.