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Civil Rights MemorialsSexual Diversity Activism at the University of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: Ontario, Canada

date approved: 9/5/2012

last visited: 6/16/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsAnne Sullivan and Helen Keller Memorial - Tewksbury, MA

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This sculpture captures the moment Anne Sullivan successfully teaches Helen Keller her first word - water.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 8/28/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsCanadian Tribute to Human Rights - Ottawa, Ontario

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane

location: Ontario, Canada

date approved: 8/24/2012

last visited: 5/25/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsRichard Oastler - Child Labour Campaigner - Bradford, UK

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom

date approved: 8/14/2012

last visited: 1/22/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsEddie Mabo - Land Rights Campaigner

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A memorial to Eddie Mabo located in parkland overlooking Ross Creek at the Dean Street end of Palmer Street, South Townsville

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bucketeer

location: Queensland, Australia

date approved: 7/30/2012

last visited: 12/15/2012

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Civil Rights MemorialsMcCrory's Five and Dime Store-158 Saint George Street

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Part of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Markerman62

location: Florida

date approved: 7/1/2012

last visited: 3/30/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsAnnapolis "Sit-In" Demonstration - Annapolis, MD

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A plaque on a brick wall outside the Lowes Annapolis Hotel commemorates the 1960 civil rights Sit-In.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member WayBetterFinder

location: Maryland

date approved: 6/21/2012

last visited: 6/23/2012

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Civil Rights MemorialsFrantiska Plaminkova, Prague, Czech Republic

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Frantiska Plaminkova - the Czech feminist, patriot and senator

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ToRo61

location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic

date approved: 4/30/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsWomen's Rights Movement - Annapolis, MD

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A marker commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement is on the grounds of the Maryland State House circle.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member WayBetterFinder

location: Maryland

date approved: 4/16/2012

last visited: 4/16/2012

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Civil Rights MemorialsMartin Luther King, Jr. - Jacksonville, FL

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: Florida

date approved: 4/16/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsWendell Phillips - Boston, MA

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 3/26/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsIn Honor of James Joseph Reeb

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member OHail

location: Alabama

date approved: 3/24/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsWomen's Suffrage Tribute - London, UK

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This monument is located in London's Christchurch Gardens.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 2/20/2012

last visited: 2/22/2012

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Civil Rights MemorialsMartin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - Washington DC

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Such an honor to be the one to waymark THIS memorial, in our nation's capital.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member sagefemme

location: District of Columbia

date approved: 2/9/2012

last visited: 4/6/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsSt. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument - St. Augustine, FL

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: Florida

date approved: 1/28/2012

last visited: 5/15/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsMahatma Gandhi - Jacksonville, FL

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: Florida

date approved: 1/28/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsFrederick Douglas - St. Augustine, FL

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist

location: Florida

date approved: 1/22/2012

last visited: 5/15/2013

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Civil Rights MemorialsAntoinette Brown Blackwell childhood home - Henrietta NY

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member sagefemme

location: New York

date approved: 1/7/2012

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsMahatma Gandhi - Lisbon, Portugal

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Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Belem, Lisbon.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member manchanegra

location: Lisboa, Portugal

date approved: 1/6/2012

last visited: 4/9/2011

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Civil Rights MemorialsThe E. L. Posey Parking Lot - Montgomery, Alabama

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member xptwo

location: Alabama

date approved: 12/19/2011

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsWilliam Lloyd Garrison - Boston, MA

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William Lloyd Garrison was a strong abolitionist and voice for women's sufferage in the United States.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 12/15/2011

last visited: 8/22/2012

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Civil Rights MemorialsChartist Man - Strength In Numbers - Wales.

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'Chartist Man' The Chartist were a group of Welshmen campaigning to get the vote for all Men in The United Kingdom.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: South Wales, United Kingdom

date approved: 12/10/2011

last visited: 4/14/2012

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Civil Rights MemorialsCivil Rights Freedom Riders - Montgomery, Alabama

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This marker is in front of the Greyhound Bus Terminal where the mob attack described on the marker took place.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member xptwo

location: Alabama

date approved: 12/7/2011

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsAmerican School for the Deaf Founders Memorial - Hartford, CT

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American School for the Deaf Founders Memorial is located between Farmington Avenue, Asylum Avenue and Broad Street in Hartford.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Connecticut

date approved: 12/7/2011

last visited: never

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Civil Rights MemorialsLaurent Clerc - West Hartford, CT

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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: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Connecticut

date approved: 12/5/2011

last visited: never

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