U.S. Businesses
Most famous fast food restaurant.
McDonald´s
The fight to end slavery in the U.S.
Abolition
Activism in favor of reproductive rights of women and against sexism and violence against women
Women´s March/March for Women´s Lives
Famous Civil Rights Activist and Baptist Minister who organized and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights for African Americans
Martin Luther King Jr.
African American Civil Rights Activist whose refusal to give up her seat on the bus started the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Rosa Parks
Apple
Movement to achieve women´s right to vote in the U.S. (Women´s suffrage)
The Suffragette Movement
Activism in favor of rights and citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.
Pro Dreamers Protests
Activist in the gay and artistic scene of New York between the 1960s and 1990s in the LGBT liberation movement. A trans woman who became the face of the movement.
Marsha P. Johnson
Women´s rights activist who founded the Women’s Social and Political Union and whose work helped achieve the woman´s right to vote in England.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Most Famous Search Engine
Demonstrations against a police raid at the Stonewall in 1969 Inn. This was a new beginning for the gay rights movement.
Stonewall Riots/Rebellion
Movement against Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Free Palestine (Student) Movement
Quaker activist for the woman´s right to vote in the U.S. who campaigned through traveling from town to town, giving speeches, organizing petitions, and lobbying lawmakers
Susan B. Anthony
South African actvist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to dismantle apartheid and create a democratic South Africa. Fo-founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe
Nelson Mandela
Revolution in online shopping and logistics
Amazon
1930´s demostrations advocating for more jobs for working class Americans.
Unemployment Protests
Movement against school shootings in the U.S.
March for Our Lives
Gender equality activist who co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus and Ms. Magazine, a powerful voice for feminism
Gloria Steinem
Activist for rights of women and enslaved people who gave a speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention that became known as the "Ain't I A Woman" speech.
Sojourner Truth
Electric vehicle manufacturer
Tesla
Activism for rights of Black people/African Americans in the U.S. such as, activism for the right to vote, against segregation, and for equal treatment under the law.
Civil Rights Movement
Modern day racial justice movement against police violence and racism.
Black Lives Matter
American writer, publicist, and HIV/AIDS activist who delivered a speech titled "Bury Me Furiously" at the funeral of fellow ACT UP member Mark Fisher
Robert (Bob) Rafsky
The first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize “for their contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace".
Wangari Maathai