See more info. Across many fields of life, countless individuals left indelible imprints on the Jim Crow era and beyond. Though far from comprehensive, the list below features important players in the struggle against Jim Crow. Some, such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, are household names; others, like Ned Cobb and Barbara Johns, are not. Yet all followed unique paths as they tried to improve their worlds. Here are their stories. Jessie Daniel Ames A Texas suffragist. Sidney Bechet A musical genius. Mary McLeod Bethune An important educator. Charlotte Hawkins Brown A prominent educator. Ned Cobb A successful tenant farmer. W.E.B. Du Bois The voice of a generation. Charles Evers A fearless activist. Marcus Garvey A black nationalist. Charles Hamilton Houston A brilliant attorney. Barbara Johns A student leader. Lucy Craft Laney A presidential advisor. Isaiah T. Montgomery The founder of an independent colony. A. Philip Randolph A labor leader and power broker. Benjamin "Pap" Singleton A leader of the "Great Exodus." Booker T. Washington An educator and conciliator. Madam C.J. Walker A self-made millionaire. Ida B. Wells A powerful voice against lynching. Walter White An influential NAACP leader. Hosea Williams A war hero and activist. Richard Wright An internationally acclaimed writer.

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