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Important People of the 1970's - by emily freifeld

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Aretha FranklinQueen of Soul.
Carl Bernstein & Bob WoodwardJournalists who investigated Watergate scandal deeper and revealed the whole affair
Billie Jean KingWoman tennis player who led movement to have women participate in sports and other atheltics
Sidney PoitierFamous African American actor
Gerald FordWhen Sprio Agnew resigned, he became vice president and when Nixon resigned he became president. Never elected, only appointed.
Maggie KuhnLeader of the Grey Panthers
Evel KnievelStunt devil who barely missed his jump over Idaho's Snake River Canyon
Phyllis SchaflyLeader of anti-feminist movement. Believed women should stay in subordinate roles in society. aka "Sweetheard of the Silent Majority"
Muhammad AliFamous African American boxer
Shirely ChisholmFirst African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Cesar ChavezUsed non violent ways to achieve goals of higher wages and other benefits for migrant workers in California
Andrew YoungFirst African American male elected to the U.S House of Representatives
Jimmy CarterPresident who promised the American people he would never lie to them
Richard NixonPlanned watergate. First president to resign while facing impeachment charges
Stephen SpielbergDirector of the famous mocie Jaws, released in 1975
Don McLeanWriter and singer of "American Pie".
Joseph ColomboEx-Mafia boss led Italian Civil Rights Movement
Richard BachAuthor of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Alexander ButterfieldLeaked oval office tapes during Watergate scandal


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