Septima Clark
Education and civil rights
Educator and civil rights activist who developed literacy and citizenship workshops
Amy French
Image: Tumblr, public domain
Fannie Lou Hamer
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Fought for voting rights for African Americans and led change through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and her Congressional testimony
Amy French
Image: Wiki Commons
Dolores Huerta
Labor and women's rights activism
Labor activist whose work creating the United Farm Workers Union gave a disenfranchised group of laborers a voice in work relations
Amy French
Image: Wiki Commons
Claudette Colvin
Civil Rights activism
At the age of 15, she tried to integrate the bus system and break down segregation
Amy French
Image Source: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times (left) The Montgomery Advertiser, via Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux (right)
Rosa Parks
Women's rights
Activist who fought to make society safer for women and to end racial segregation
Amy French
Image copyright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosaparks.jpg
Delta College