Etched into the memory of the Civil Rights Movement, leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Angela Davis, and Malcolm X championed varying modes of protest at the forefront of social justice in the United States. Despite the valiance and veneration of these Civil Rights idols, American social movements of the past decade have lacked individual figures of the same caliber, instead promoting the decentralization of organizations, leading to the question: where are modern US Civil Rights leaders?
