| A | B |
|---|
| Rosa Parks | by refusing to give up her seat to a white man, she sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | minister who practiced non violence, he founded the SCLC |
| Malcolm X | Nation of Islam minister who promoted segregation rather than integration |
| Stokely Carmichael | former leader of SNCC, he lead the black power movement in the 1960's. |
| Cesar Chavez | Created the United Farm Workers to address the rights of migrant farm workers |
| James Earl Ray | assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 |
| Huey Newton | One of the founders of the Black Panthers |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Organized a commission to explore the reasons for race riots in urban centers |
| Harry S. Truman | Officially desegregated the U.S. military |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Order the use of military forces to integrate schools in Little Rock Alabama |
| Betty Friedan | author of the "Feminine Mystique" and founder of NOW. |
