Two phases of one war. Phase one: the system of chattel slavery itself. Phase two: the racial caste system slavery created, maintained through law, violence, and economic control for a century after abolition.
Phase One — Slavery
The dauntless: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth.
Phase Two — Civil Rights
The dauntless: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr..
The actions: The Sit-Ins, Selma to Montgomery, The March on Washington.