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  • Tags: civil rights

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Activist who fought to make society safer for women and to end racial segregation

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

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

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

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Educator and civil rights activist who developed literacy and citizenship workshops
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