Individuals Who Have Worked for Equity and Social Justice

Ella Baker - Human rights and civil rights activist. African American activist in the 1930s.
César Chávez - Farmworker, civil rights leader, cofounder American Farm Workers.
Shirley Chisholm - Congresswoman, EC educator, 1st woman to run for president.
Genora Dollinger - Community Activits and Union Organizer
Frederick Douglass - Noted abolitionist and eloquent activist for civil rights.
Fanny Lou Hamer - Voting rights and civil rights activist, coordinator for SNCC.
Dolores Huerta - Political activist, cofounder American Farm Workers.
Barbara Jordan - African American attorney, 1st black representative from southern state.
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce Chief, pacifist and activist for Native American Rights.
Helen Keller - Author, women's rights activist and pacifist.
John Lewis - Leader in Civil Rights movement, chairman of SNCC, congressman.
Nativo Lopez - Civil rights activist assisted founding National Alliance for Immigrants' Rights.
Diane Nash - Important individual in the civil rights movement, founder of SNCC.
Pete Seeger - Musician and activist for disarmament and civil rights.
Anna Howard Shaw - Physician and leader in civil rights and women's rights movements.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Leading activist for women's rights, early suffragette.
Albion W. Tourgée - Civil Rights Activist, Founder of National Citizen's Rights Association.
Sojourner Truth - Slave, abolitionist and women's right activist in 1800s.
Ida B. Wells- Critical figure fighting for women's rights and civil rights at turn of century.

I have put together the following list based on the wonderful book "When Women Pursue Justice" and you can check the website, "Americans who tell the truth" (these are mostly Wikipedia links below). Another amazing website is Moral Heroes where you can search by gender and century.

Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People:
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