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Birth date: July 2, 1908
Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland
Death: January 24, 1993
Most Known For: Thurgood Marshall is known
as a civil rights activist. His most famous victory
was winning the case Brown vs. Board of
education which ended segregation in the public
schools. Marshall was an excellent lawyer and
was the first African American appointed to the
Supreme Court. He was appointed on June 13,
1967.
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Birth date: August 27, 1908
Birth place: near Johnson City, Texas
Death: January 22, 1973
Most Known For: LBJ is most known
for serving as the 36th President of the
United States. LBJ became President
after the assassination of John F.
Kennedy. He is credited with designing
the “Great Society” legislation. LBJ
fought tirelessly against poverty in
America.
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Birth date: July 10, 1875
Birth place: Maysville, South Carolina
Death: May 18, 1955
Most Known For: Mary McLeod Bethune is best
known for starting Daytona Normal and Industrial
Institute for Negro Girls in 1904. This school is
now known as Bethune-Cookman College. Mary
believed in the power of reading. She was very
dedicated to teaching young African American
women to read. She worked with several
presidents, including FDR, to bring about change
in America.
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Birth date: December 22, 1734
Birth place: Boston, Massachusetts
Death: May 10, 1818
Most Known For: Paul Revere is best
known for his “Midnight Ride.” Paul was a
patriot and was very active in the anti-British
movement. He was a silversmith by trade,
and had a very large family. On the night of
April 18, 1775 Paul rode from Lexington to
Concord to alert the colonists that the British
had arrived in America. Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow wrote a poem about Paul Revere
that is still recited today.
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Birth date: February 14, 1818
Birth place: Talbot County, Maryland
Death: February 20, 1895
Most Known For: Frederick Douglass is known
as an abolitionist. He was born into slavery and
after gaining his freedom, he helped in the fight to
end slavery. He gave many wonderful speeches
speaking out against slavery, and he worked to
bring other slaves to freedom. He worked with
the Underground Railroad, and he penned his
own newspaper, The North Star. He also fought
for women’s rights alongside Susan B. Anthony.
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Birth date: January 30, 1882
Birth place: Hyde Park, New York
Death: April 12, 1945
Most Known For: FDR is most known for
being the 32nd President of the United
States. He is responsible for the New Deal
legislation that helped to create jobs for out of
work Americans. He is also well known for
having lived with polio. He had a home in
Warm Springs, Georgia where he received
treatments for his polio. He is the only
president that has been elected to four terms.
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Birth date: October 11, 1884
Birth place: New York City, New York
Death: November 7, 1962
Most Known For: Eleanor Roosevelt is most
famously known for being a first lady of the
United States of America. Eleanor was the first
president’s wife to be active in politics during
her husband’s terms. She helped to found the
United Nations, and she was the driving force
behind the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. She was an excellent speaker and
fought passionately for any cause that she
supported.
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Birth date: February 15, 1820
Birth place: Adams, Massachusets
Death: March 13, 1906
Most Known For: Susan B. Anthony is most
known for her efforts in fighting for women’s
suffrage rights and for civil rights for all
Americans. Susan strongly opposed slavery.
She was a spokesperson for women’s rights.
She was arrested on November 18, 1872 for
voting in the presidential election. Susan
worked closely with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
writing and giving speeches to support
human rights.
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Birth date: March 31, 1927
Birth place: Yuma, Arizona
Death: April 23, 1993
Most Known For: Cesar Chavez is most
known for his support of migrant worker’s
rights. He believed that the migrant workers
were treated unfairly. He co-founded the
National Farm Workers Association, which
later became the United Farm Workers. He
began a union for migrant workers which
held several successful strikes. The most
famous of these strikes was the California
Grape strike, which lasted five years. His
work helped to improve wages, working
conditions, and the living conditions of
migrant workers.
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