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Fought for voting rights for African Americans and led change through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and her Congressional testimony

Labor activist whose work creating the United Farm Workers Union gave a disenfranchised group of laborers a voice in work relations

A lead activist in the desegregation of Little Rock high school

At the age of 15, she tried to integrate the bus system and break down segregation

Michigan labor activist who rallied workers and fought against capitalists so that laborers could sit at the bargaining table