The document profiles the accomplishments of 14 leaders who fought for civil rights and social justice: - Ella Baker inspired emerging civil rights leaders and helped form the SNCC. - Fannie Lou Hamer challenged segregation and represented Mississippi at the 1964 Democratic Convention. - Bob Moses organized activists in the South to teach literacy and math skills. - Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrated the March on Washington and taught non-violence.

2. • Sang with the Freedom
Singers.
• Later formed the group
Sweet Honey in the
Rock, which sings about
equality, the
environment, and
peace.
• Works at the
Smithsonian to preserve
Black culture.

3. • “I am sick and tired of
being sick and tired”
• Tired of racism and
poverty, Hamer risked her
life by registering to vote.
• Traveled to the
Democratic National
Convention in 1964 as a
representative of the
Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party.

4. • Left New York City for the
South to take part in the
Civil Rights Movement.
• Organized activists to
teach Southerners how to
read and write and learn
about their rights.
• Started the “Algebra
Project” to teach all
students the basic math
skills required for college.

5. • Inspired and guided the
emerging leaders of the
Civil Right Movement.
• Ran a voter registration
campaign called Crusade
for Citizenship.
• Helped form the SNCC to
organize student activists
and worked to encourage
new, young activists.

6. • “Grandmother of the Civil
Rights Movement”
• Founded the “Citizenship
Schools” and pioneered
teaching adult literacy.
• Worked with Martin
Luther King, Jr. as director
of education for the
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.

7. • Volunteered for the
Freedom Riders in 1961
to challenge segregation
at bus terminals.
• Spent time as chairman of
the SNCC and led
marchers across Pettus
Bridge, resulting in
“Bloody Sunday”.
• Currently serving his
seventh term in Congress.

8. • Featured in the film The
Time of Harvey Milk.
• One of the first openly
gay elected officials in the
USA.
• Dreamed of a society
where everyone shared
equal rights, regardless of
gender, race, sexual
preference, disability, or
age.

9. • Fought for farmworker
rights in the USA and was
the leader of the United
Farmworkers of America.
• Fought for better wages
and working conditions
for
farmworkers, especially
on keeping toxic
pesticides off crops.

10. • Orchestrated the March
on Washington where
Martin Luther King, Jr.
gave his “I Have a
Dream” speech.
• Taught Martin Luther
King, Jr. the non-violent
ways of Gandhi.

11. • Created the Highlander
Folk School in
1932, which ignored
segregation lines and
taught leadership skills to
blacks and whites.
• Also worked with labor
unions, antipoverty
organizations, and civil
rights leaders, seeking to
end social injustice.

12. • Used his stand-up
comedy acts to satirize
racial prejudice in the
US.
• Gave a comedic voice to
the Civil Rights
Movement.
• Worked with the SNCC
in Mississippi.

13. • A major financer of the Civil
Rights
Movement, supporting the
Freedom Riders, Martin
Luther King, Jr., and the
SNCC.
• Organized the We Are the
World project, which raised
millions of dollars for
famine victims in Africa.
• Honored by UNICEF for his
social and humanitarian
activism.

14. • 39th Presidents of the
United States and first
to earn a Nobel Peace
Prize after leaving
office.
• Founded the Carter
Center for Human
Rights to bring equality
throughout the US and
the world.

15. • Devoted her life to speaking
out for social justice and
change.
• Took part in pro-democracy
movements world-
wide, fighting for racial and
economic justice, women’s
rights, religious freedom
and more.
• Founded the King Center for
non-violent social change.

16. • Internationally
acclaimed singer and
actor.
• Accused of being a
communist when he
spoke out against
segregation.
• Protector of the African
American heritage in
the US.

17. • Fought for the rights of
farmworkers.
• Founded the United Farm
Workers Union with
Dolores Huerta.
• Went on numerous
hunger strikes to bring
awareness to the
farmworkers cause, even
getting famous actors to
take part.

18. • Self-made millionaire by
age 29.
• Was unhappy and turned
to religion for guidance.
• Gave away all his money
to charity and founded
Habitat for Humanity to
provide cheap housing all
over the world.

19. • Famous
playwright, most known
for her play A Raisin in
the Sun.
• Her writings reflected
her own experiences
with racism and
discrimination.
• Wrote for Freedom a
progressive black
newspaper in New York.

20. • Holocaust survivor, who
was liberated from
Auschwitz.
• Wrote the book Night
publicizing his
experiences.
• Spent much of his later
life writing and speaking
out for the oppressed
around the world.

21. • Was arrested in 1955 at
age 15 for refusing to give
up her bus seat to a white
person.
• Rather than being
applauded, many people
feared her and labeled
her a troublemaker.
• Went to court to help
overturn bus segregation.