• Was arrested in 1955 at age 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person.

• Rather than being applauded, many people feared her and labeled her a troublemaker.

• Went to court to help overturn bus segregation.

• Inspired and guided the emerging leaders of the Civil Right Movement.

• Ran a voter registration campaign called Crusade for Citizenship.

• Helped form the SNCC to organize student activists and worked to encourage new, young activists.

• A major financer of the Civil Rights Movement, supporting the Freedom Riders, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the SNCC.

• Organized the We Are the World project, which raised millions of dollars for famine victims in Africa.

• Honored by UNICEF for his social and humanitarian activism.

• 39th Presidents of the United States and first to earn a Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office.

• Founded the Carter Center for Human Rights to bring equality throughout the US and the world.

• Fought for the rights of farmworkers.

• Founded the United Farm Workers Union with Dolores Huerta.

• Went on numerous hunger strikes to bring awareness to the farmworkers cause, even getting famous actors to take part.

• “Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement”

• Founded the “Citizenship Schools” and pioneered teaching adult literacy.

• Worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. as director of education for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

• Member of the SNCC and Black Panthers until she grew frustrated with their male dominance.

• Placed on the FBI’s most wanted list after her guns were stolen and used for murder. She was acquitted.

• Continues today to fight for closure of prisons and the rights of prisoners.

• Often described as “a man who could cure the world.”

• Co-founder of Partners In Health, an organization dedicated to providing healthcare to those who need it the most around the world.

• Self-made millionaire by age 29.

• Was unhappy and turned to religion for guidance.

• Gave away all his money to charity and founded Habitat for Humanity to provide cheap housing all over the world.

• Used his stand-up comedy acts to satirize racial prejudice in the US.

• Gave a comedic voice to the Civil Rights Movement.

• Worked with the SNCC in Mississippi.

• “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired”

• Tired of racism and poverty, Hamer risked her life by registering to vote.

• Traveled to the Democratic National Convention in 1964 as a representative of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

• Famous playwright, most known for her play A Raisin in the Sun.

• Her writings reflected her own experiences with racism and discrimination.

• Wrote for Freedom a progressive black newspaper in New York.

• Created the Highlander Folk School in 1932, which ignored segregation lines and taught leadership skills to blacks and whites.

• Also worked with labor unions, antipoverty organizations, and civil rights leaders, seeking to end social injustice.

• Fought for farmworker rights in the USA and was the leader of the United Farmworkers of America.

• Fought for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers, especially on keeping toxic pesticides off crops.

• Melded his two passions together, defending human rights and the environment, creating the Green Job Corps and later Green for all.

• His goal was to create environmental jobs in poor neighborhoods.

• Worked briefly as an advisor to President Obama with the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

• Devoted her life to speaking out for social justice and change.

• Took part in pro-democracy movements world-wide, fighting for racial and economic justice, women’s rights, religious freedom and more.

• Founded the King Center for non-violent social change.

• Volunteered for the Freedom Riders in 1961 to challenge segregation at bus terminals.

• Spent time as chairman of the SNCC and led marchers across Pettus Bridge, resulting in “Bloody Sunday”.

• Currently serving his seventh term in Congress.

• Featured in the film The Time of Harvey Milk.

• One of the first openly gay elected officials in the USA.

• Dreamed of a society where everyone shared equal rights, regardless of gender, race, sexual preference, disability, or age.

• Controversial filmmaker, who uses documentaries to express his liberal viewpoints.

• Began his career as a reporter focusing on the perspective of the local citizens whose voice was not picked up by the major TV networks and newspapers.

• Left New York City for the South to take part in the Civil Rights Movement.

• Organized activists to teach Southerners how to read and write and learn about their rights.

• Started the “Algebra Project” to teach all students the basic math skills required for college.

• Sang with the Freedom Singers.

• Later formed the group Sweet Honey in the Rock, which sings about equality, the environment, and peace.

• Works at the Smithsonian to preserve Black culture.

• Internationally acclaimed singer and actor.

• Accused of being a communist when he spoke out against segregation.

• Protector of the African American heritage in the US.

• Orchestrated the March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• Taught Martin Luther King, Jr. the non-violent ways of Gandhi.

• Feminist who fought for legalized abortion, equal pay, and the Equal Right Amendment, which would outlaw sex discrimination.

• Co-founder of the magazine Ms. the first magazine to published by and for women.

• Author known her works that portray the pains and problems women face in a sexist and racist society.

• Fights against injustice and for human rights internationally, from the US to South Africa to Palestine.