Top 10 American Civil Rights Activists

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[Alex-txsq]

Ok where is Muhammed ali like if you agree

[itsbearbaby]

denzel wasshington was spot on when he played malcolm x

[stnamesirname]

Abraham Lincoln didn't abolish slavery by himself. And nor did he want to.

[sychosaint]

WatchMojo.com , you forgot, magneto and professor x

[flavetheg]

To all who died fighting for our freedom I Salute you

[mmashrapirate]

My favorite is Malcolm X. His visions and speeches are incredible.

[krombopulost]

i agree with Malcolm X. a true leader.

[ricardofalcon]

Malcolm X is number 1 because of the passion he had in him and the aggressiveness he showed in presenting himself when he talked any means necessary

[comb]

When he was in Makkah, Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, wrote a letter to his loyal assistants in Harlem... from his heart, describing what has been described by you as an "inner transformation":

_"Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors._

_"I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca, I have made my seven circuits around the Ka'ba, led by a young Mutawaf named Muhammad, I drank water from the well of the Zam Zam. I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Mt. Al-Safa and Al Marwah. I have prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I have prayed on Mt. Arafat."_

_"There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white."_

_"America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color."_

_"You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth."_

_"During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana."_

_"We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior, and the white from their attitude."_

_"I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their 'differences' in color."_

_"With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called 'Christian' white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster - the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves."_

_"Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have greater spiritual insights into what is happening in America between black and white. The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to four hundred years of the conscious racism of the American whites. But as racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I have had with them, that the whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth - the only way left to America to ward off the disaster that racism inevitably must lead to."_

_"Never have I been so highly honored. Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy. Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro? A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed. Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be a recipient of such honors - honors that in America would be bestowed upon a King - not a Negro."_

_"All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds."_

_Sincerely, _

_Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)_

It's too bad that there is all this Islamophobia around.

[Mirko]

This is so good video ! WE ARE ALL EQUAL ! FUCK RACISM !

[patrickgarretson]

Abe was not Civil Rights Activist, he was a president that had to keep the United States from splitting apart (north /south)... his agenda was financial, not freedom.

[johnnguyen]

Before I watch this video, I bet MLK is No#1

[BisladsVlog]

I pray for the over 200 that disliked this video. May God touch your hearts.

[cheeto]

Did they just say Abraham Lincoln was a civil rights activist 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[kevinkoenig]

A very important civil rights leader concerning the land in which I am from is Elizabeth Peratrovich. She was a Alaska Native civil rights leader who gave a very powerful speech in 1945 on the steps of capital hill in Juneau Alaska. Before 1945, us as Alaskan Native went though similar struggles as African Americans did in the 1960's. We did not have the right to vote. Bathrooms were segregated. There were signs that would say "no natives or dogs allowed." It was very hard to obtain a house. Natives were not allowed to attend the same schools as our white counterparts could. She fought for equality for Alaskan Natives and every year, on February 16th, we celebrate 'Elizabeth Peratrovich day' here in the great state of Alaska. That you Elizabeth Peratrovich, and our founding fathers + sisters who have fought before for the rights that I now currently have.

[XxOrangesodaxX]

I think it's really sad and stupid that you made top 10 cheeses and top 10 movie lasers etc before this

[ZanzibarBreeze]

Not even an honourable mention for MEDGAR EVERS!?

[philipmorse-fortier]

As good as the top bits of this list are, John Lewis deserves far more than a mere honorable mention. He marched with MLK at Selma, and he stood for full marriage equality this century. He has been a tireless worker throughout his life, and is one of the living people I most admire.

[Rafaelqvist]

Lincon was never against slavery itslef

[BuckingBadger]

I wouldn't consider Malcolm X as a civil rights activist he was more of hardline millitant. And it's no suprised that MLK is #1