This document provides instructions for an assignment to choose an influential public figure from the mid-19th century to present day and create a one-page outline analyzing their relevance and impact. Students must choose a figure that influenced a civil rights movement in areas like creed, race, age, status or gender. They should identify how this figure is viewed nationally and internationally, and discuss how they influenced challenges and opportunities for the US as a global power. The outline should introduce the figure, analyze their civil rights impact, identify their national and world standing, discuss their international impact on the US, and provide perspective on if their impact was progressive.