Qualities/ Traits
Not deterred by danger or pain.
The first Hispanic American to serve as a member of the Supreme Court, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. She is a Bronx native of Puerto Rican descent.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Notorious leader of the civil rights movement in the United States. His adoption of nonviolent resistance to achieve equal rights for Black Americans earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Advocate for social change and leader of the first labor union of farm workers in United States history.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
The first Native Black president of South Africa.
Who was Nelson Mandela
Having a sense obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role.
What is responsible?
Disability rights activist and co-founder of the National Coalition of Latinx with Disabilities.
Who is Conchita Hernández Legorreta?
An American writer and civil rights activist admired for his for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked among the best English-language novels.
Who is James Baldwin?
Sometimes called the "Queen of Tejano," this artist expanded the audience for Latin music popularity across the United States
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
The racial justice organization that Mandela joined as a young activitst.
What is the African National Congress (ANC)
Tending to take action with energy and commitment; diligent.
What is hard-working?
A K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Who is Rigoberta Menchú Tum?
The first African American woman in Congress (1968). The first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbought and Unbossed—illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
An official ambassador for Free the Children. They use their celebrity influence on issues like bullying, mental health, gender equality, and immigration.
Who is Demi Lovato?
The country Mandela was from.
What is South Africa?
Displaying kindness and concern for others.
What is compassionate/ empathetic? (Will accept caring")
In 1955,in Montgomery, Alabama, she rejected a bus driver's order to leave a row of four seats in the "colored" section once the white section had filled up and move to the back of the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Unsung shero, she paved the way for desegregation of schools in the U.S when in third grade, she became the first Mexican-American to go to an all-white school in California.
Who is Sylvia Mendez?
South African activist and Nelson Mandela's second wife.
Who was Winnie Mandela?
Giving up one's own interests or wishes in order to help others or advance a cause.
What is self-sacrificing? (Will also accept "selfless")
A 17th-century feminist writer, thinker, and Mexican-born nun. Considered a pioneer of women's rights at a time when neither feminism nor gender equality had yet entered our lexicon.
Who is Sor Juana Inês de la Cruz?
Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre. He fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his music and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style
Who is Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley?
Lleading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910– 1920 and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
Who was Emiliano Zapata Salazar?
The thing that Nelson Mandela organized and fought for.
What is the liberation of Black South Africans and freedom for all?
(Will also accept What is Equal voting rights?)