Martin Robison DelanyMay 6, 1812 - January 24, 1885Abolitionist|Army Field Officer|Journalist|Physician|Writer
James A. GarfieldNov 19, 1831 - September 19, 1881Brigadier General|Lawyer|U.S. House Representative|U.S. President|U.S. Senator
Martin Luther King, Jr.January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968Civil Rights Leader|Nobel Laureate|Religious Leader
Frederick Douglassc. February 1818 - February 20, 1895Abolitionist|Orator|Social Reformer|Statesman|Writer
Isabella “Sojourner Truth” Baumfreec. 1797 - November 26, 1883Abolitionist|Evangelist|Former Slave|Women's Rights Activist
Marguerite “Maya Angelou” Annie JohnsonApril 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014Civil Rights Activist|Memoirist|Poet
Thurgood MarshallJuly 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993Civil Rights Leader|Lawyer|U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ida B. WellsJuly 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931Abolitionist|Civil Rights Leader|Educator|Feminist|Former Slave|Journalist
Marcus Mosiah Garvey JrAugust 17, 1887 - June 10, 1940Entrepreneur|Journalist|Orator|Political Activist|Publisher
Huey Percy NewtonFebruary 17, 1942 - August 22, 1989Black Panther Party|Civil Rights Activist|Political Activist
Bayard RustinMarch 17, 1912 - August 24, 1987Civil Rights Leader|Gay Rights Activist|Pacifist|Presidential Medal of Honor Recipient
Robert George “Bobby” SealeOctober 22, 1936 - presentAuthor|Black Panther Party|Civil Rights Activist|Political Activist
Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” GandhiOctober 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948Anti-Colonial Nationalist|Lawyer|Political Ethicist
Booker Taliaferro WashingtonApril 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915African American Leader|Author|Educator|Former Slave|Orator
Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaJuly 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013Anti-Apartheid Revolutionary|Philanthropist|President of South Africa
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael <p>(aka Kwame Ture)June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998Civil Rights Leader
Abraham LincolnFebruary 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865Lawyer|Rail Splitter|U.S. House Representative|U.S. President
Dorothy Irene HeightMarch 24, 1912 - April 20, 2010Civil Rights Activist|Presidential Medal of Honor Recipient|Women's Rights Activist
Daisy Lee Gatson BatesNovember 11, 1914 - November 4, 1999Civil Rights Activist|Journalist|Lecturer|Publisher
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.November 20, 1942 - presentU.S. President|U.S. Senator|U.S. Vice President
Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” MurrayNovember 20, 1910 - July 1, 1985Author|Civil Rights Activist|Lawyer|Women's Rights Activist
Robert SmallsApril 5, 1839 - February 22, 1915Businessman|Naval Pilot|Publisher|U.S. House Representative|Vanal Pilot
Horace Julian BondJanuary 14, 1940 - August 15, 2015Civil Rights Leader|Professor|Social Activist|Writer
