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Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell was a well-known African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage.

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

More than 250,000 people gathered in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963 for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

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Civil Rights Movement Sources

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World War II Sources

Sources on World War II

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Beverly LaHaye

Beverly LaHaye has been an influential voice in American conservative politics for decades and founded the Concerned Women for America.

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Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice is the first African American woman to hold several positions, including Secretary of State.

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Coretta Scott King

Although best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King created her own legacy.

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Daisy Bates

Bates' work with the NAACP transformed the Civil Rights Movement.

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Dorothy Height

Dorothy Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Freedom Summer

During the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi to register African Americans to vote.

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, suffragist, activist, and researcher.

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Josephine Baker

World renowned performer, World War II spy, and activist are few of the titles used to describe Josephine Baker.

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Little Rock Nine

Imagine showing up to your first day of school and being greeted by an angry mob and the National Guard.

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Maggie Lena Walker

Maggie Lena Walker was one of the foremost female business leaders in the US and the first woman to own a bank.

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Maria Tallchief

Maria Tallchief was one of America's most popular ballerinas.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

Colvin and Parks along with other early protestors sparked a yearlong boycott of the Montgomery bus system.

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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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The Sit-In Movement

Being served at a lunch counter was normal for whites, but African Americans were not allowed to sit at lunch counters throughout the South.

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Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph relentlessly pursued her dreams becoming an international track and field star.

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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist.