African American Men
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement and wrote "I Have a Dream Speech"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Refused to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks
Wrote "The Fire Next Time"
James Baldwin
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Organized the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Helped organize the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington
John Lewis
Wrote "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases"
Ida B. Wells
Filmmaker who challeneged racial stereotypes in early cinema
Oscar Micheaux
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
First African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School
Ruby Bridges
Called "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow"
Charles Hamilton
Famous for saying "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"
Fannie Lou Hamer
Known as the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement"
Rev. Joseph Lowery
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
Mae Jemison
Became the first Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
First Black Woman Elected to U.S. Congress (1968)
Shirley Chiholm
Lawyer, Poet, and activist for racial and gender justice
Pauli Murray
Black Power Political Organization
Author of "“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and "Still I Rise"
Maya Angelou
Wrote Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas
Fredrick Douglas
Black Panther Party and Communist Party Member
Angela Davis
Speechwriter for MLK Jr.
Vincent Harding
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Wife of Barack Obama
Michelle Obama