The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement are black women you`ve never heard of

The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement are black women you`ve never heard ofWe pay the bulk of our tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., but history has overlooked the women who made his legacy possible.

On that historic August day in 1963, when Martin Luther King Jr. told us his dream, we didn't get to hear what the women of the movement dreamed of because no woman spoke at length during the official program of the March on Washington.

Daisy Bates, a leader in the movement to end segregation in Arkansas and guide for the nine students who integrated Little Rock's Central High in 1958, gave a brief pledge on Aug. 28, 1963, before the "Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom," an addition to the program meant to assuage black women who felt their voices were being marginalized and their contributions overlooked.