view gallery |  Sexual Diversity Activism at the University of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario
in Civil Rights Memorials This marker is located near the main door on the east side of University College, facing Hart House Circle, at the University of Toronto. posted by: Metro2 location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 9/5/2012 last visited: 6/16/2013 |
view gallery |  Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller Memorial - Tewksbury, MA
in Civil Rights Memorials This sculpture captures the moment Anne Sullivan successfully teaches Helen Keller her first word - water. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Canadian Tribute to Human Rights - Ottawa, Ontario
in Civil Rights Memorials The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, located on Elgin Street, in Ottawa, Ontario, was designed by Montreal artist and architect Melvin Charney. It was unveiled by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, on September 30, 1990. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 8/24/2012 last visited: 5/25/2013 |
view gallery |  Richard Oastler - Child Labour Campaigner - Bradford, UK
in Civil Rights Memorials Richard Oastler campaigned against the use of child labour in dangerous conditions in mills and factories during the industrial revolution. He ended up going to debtors prison after being sacked because of his activities. posted by: dtrebilc location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom date approved: 8/14/2012 last visited: 1/22/2013 |
view gallery |  Eddie Mabo - Land Rights Campaigner
in Civil Rights Memorials A memorial to Eddie Mabo located in parkland overlooking Ross Creek at the Dean Street end of Palmer Street, South Townsville posted by: bucketeer location: Queensland, Australia date approved: 7/30/2012 last visited: 12/15/2012 |
view gallery |  McCrory's Five and Dime Store-158 Saint George Street
in Civil Rights Memorials Part of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement posted by: Markerman62 location: Florida date approved: 7/1/2012 last visited: 3/30/2013 |
view gallery |  Annapolis "Sit-In" Demonstration - Annapolis, MD
in Civil Rights Memorials A plaque on a brick wall outside the Lowes Annapolis Hotel commemorates the 1960 civil rights Sit-In. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Maryland date approved: 6/21/2012 last visited: 6/23/2012 |
view gallery |  Frantiska Plaminkova, Prague, Czech Republic
in Civil Rights Memorials Frantiska Plaminkova - the Czech feminist, patriot and senator posted by: ToRo61 location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Women's Rights Movement - Annapolis, MD
in Civil Rights Memorials A marker commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement is on the grounds of the Maryland State House circle. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Maryland date approved: 4/16/2012 last visited: 4/16/2012 |
view gallery |  Martin Luther King, Jr. - Jacksonville, FL
in Civil Rights Memorials A statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that includes a message of Nonviolence, is located on the University of North Florida campus in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Florida date approved: 4/16/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Wendell Phillips - Boston, MA
in Civil Rights Memorials This 8-foot bronze statue by noted American sculptor, Daniel Chester French, in Boston Public Garden, depicts abolitionist Wendell Phillps standing at a podium. His eloquence and passion earned him the title of "The Abolitionist's Golden Trumpet. posted by: silverquill location: Massachusetts date approved: 3/26/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  In Honor of James Joseph Reeb
in Civil Rights Memorials Memorial for James Joseph Reeb, a white American Unitarian Universalist minister from Boston, Massachusetts, who died after being severely beaten while in Selma, AL to march for civil rights in 1965. posted by: OHail location: Alabama date approved: 3/24/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Women's Suffrage Tribute - London, UK
in Civil Rights Memorials This monument is located in London's Christchurch Gardens. posted by: Metro2 location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 2/20/2012 last visited: 2/22/2012 |
view gallery |  Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - Washington DC
in Civil Rights Memorials Such an honor to be the one to waymark THIS memorial, in our nation's capital. posted by: sagefemme location: District of Columbia date approved: 2/9/2012 last visited: 4/6/2013 |
view gallery |  St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument - St. Augustine, FL
in Civil Rights Memorials The St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument is in remembrance of those who engaged in peaceful protest in St. Augustine during the early 1960s to advance the cause of civil rights, contributing to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Florida date approved: 1/28/2012 last visited: 5/15/2013 |
view gallery |  Mahatma Gandhi - Jacksonville, FL
in Civil Rights Memorials A statue of Mahatma Gandhi that includes messages of Peace, Nonviolence, Truth, and Compassion is located at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Florida date approved: 1/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Frederick Douglas - St. Augustine, FL
in Civil Rights Memorials This historical marker was placed in 2009 and denotes the former location of the Genovar Opera House where Frederick Douglass spoke in 1889. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Florida date approved: 1/22/2012 last visited: 5/15/2013 |
view gallery |  Antoinette Brown Blackwell childhood home - Henrietta NY
in Civil Rights Memorials Antoinette Brown Blackwell was a contemporary of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; they lectured together. At the age of 95, she was one of the only original suffragettes alive to vote on Nov 2, 1920. She died at age 96. posted by: sagefemme location: New York date approved: 1/7/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mahatma Gandhi - Lisbon, Portugal
in Civil Rights Memorials Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Belem, Lisbon. posted by: manchanegra location: Lisboa, Portugal date approved: 1/6/2012 last visited: 4/9/2011 |
view gallery |  The E. L. Posey Parking Lot - Montgomery, Alabama
in Civil Rights Memorials This historical marker indicates the site of the E. L. Posey Parking Lot, which served as a transportation hub for blacks during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/19/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery |  William Lloyd Garrison - Boston, MA
in Civil Rights Memorials William Lloyd Garrison was a strong abolitionist and voice for women's sufferage in the United States. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/15/2011 last visited: 8/22/2012 |
view gallery |  Chartist Man - Strength In Numbers - Wales.
in Civil Rights Memorials 'Chartist Man' The Chartist were a group of Welshmen campaigning to get the vote for all Men in The United Kingdom. posted by: Lord Abercrombie location: South Wales, United Kingdom date approved: 12/10/2011 last visited: 4/14/2012 |
view gallery |  Civil Rights Freedom Riders - Montgomery, Alabama
in Civil Rights Memorials This marker is in front of the Greyhound Bus Terminal where the mob attack described on the marker took place. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/7/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery |  American School for the Deaf Founders Memorial - Hartford, CT
in Civil Rights Memorials American School for the Deaf Founders Memorial is located between Farmington Avenue, Asylum Avenue and Broad Street in Hartford. posted by: neoc1 location: Connecticut date approved: 12/7/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Laurent Clerc - West Hartford, CT
in Civil Rights Memorials The Laurent Clerc, pioneer teacher of the deaf, monument is located on the campus of the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford. posted by: neoc1 location: Connecticut date approved: 12/5/2011 last visited: never |
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