| A | B |
|---|
| Rosa Parks | African American woman who worked for all people to have equal rights; refused to give up seat on bus |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | African American minister; wanted equal rights for all people; sought peaceful means to change laws |
| Thurgood Marshall | First African American Supreme Court Justice |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd president of the US and from Virginia; wrote the Declaration of Independence; helped to develop the country |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president; helped free African American slaves |
| George Washington | 1st president; helped put basic principles into practice for the new nation |
 | Thomas Jefferson |
 | Abraham Lincoln |
 | Thurgood Marshall |
 | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
 | Rosa Parks |
 | George Washington |
| Helen Keller | worked to help others who were blind and deaf |
| Susan B. Anthony | led the struggle to give women equal rights including the right to vote |
| Jackie Robinson | first African American baseball player in the major leagues |
