- Angela Davis🔗 Link
- A Black American Marxist and activist within the feminist movement, she was involved in the Communist Party USA, and the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.
- Black Panther Party🔗 Link
- Founded in 1966, this group was formed to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from police brutality. It later developed into a Marxist revolutionary organization the promoted arming all African Americans.
- Karl Marx🔗 Link
- The primary founder, along with Frederick Engels, of the science of society and social revolution which is now customarily known as Marxism, or—as it has further developed—as Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
- Malcom-X🔗 Link
- A prominent African American leader and member of the Nation of Islam during the American civil rights movement, he was eventually assassinated for his beliefs.
- Young Lords Organization🔗 Link
- Founded by Jose Jimenez in 1968 and modeled after the Black Panther Party, this Puerto Rican street gang turned into a community movement that advocated for healthcare, education, housing and employment justice for minorities.