Many, many people did so
During the civil rights decade of the 1960's in America, people in favor of having equal rights for all came from all walks of life. Participants spoke at meetings and civil rights rallies. This group of speakers included public officials, lawyers, the clergy and civil rights activists. Both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson spoke on behalf of equal rights for all no matter what color of their skin.
Lucretia Mott spoke out against slavery. She was one of the first women to be active in the American Equal Rights Association and became its first president.
Because he was black and he wanted equal rights for blacks and whites. he spoke what he felt and he was the one who said, "I had a dream". He and Rosa Parks spoke because they were both blacks and were not treated right.
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The Equal Rights Amendment
to give woman equal rights
Dr.Martain Luther King Jr
Rosa Parks
they had equal rights
to give woman equal rights
She spoke to the United Nations on political rights for women.
No Pernell Roberts was no black, he was American, White. Born and raised in GA. But he did a lot of work for civil rights and sticking up and voicing his opinions on minorities and equal jobs, and equal pay. Spoke out about segregation as well.