noun
a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
• Syn: ↑civil rights leader, ↑civil rights activist
• Hypernyms: ↑reformer, ↑reformist, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist
• Hyponyms: ↑freedom rider
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Bond, ↑Julian Bond, ↑Du Bois, ↑W. E. B. Du Bois, ↑William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, ↑Evers, ↑Medgar Evers, ↑Medgar Wiley Evers, ↑Farmer, ↑James Leonard Farmer, ↑Jackson, ↑Jesse Jackson, ↑Jesse Louis Jackson, ↑King, ↑Martin Luther King, ↑Martin Luther King Jr., ↑Malcolm X, ↑Malcolm Little, ↑Meredith, ↑James Meredith, ↑James Howard Meredith, ↑Parks, ↑Rosa Parks, ↑Robeson, ↑Paul Robeson, ↑Paul Bustill Robeson, ↑Wilkins, ↑Roy Wilkins, ↑Young, ↑Whitney Young, ↑Whitney Moore Young Jr.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.