TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY 2017 **AS of: 6/8/16 ­ Please check for updates of this list on the ​
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** This list of individuals / groups / events are suggestions. Each suggestion can be modified and changed to meet your personal interest in this year’s theme. You may also select a topic that is not mentioned on this list. Animal Welfare & Environmental Protection ● Jane Goodall­ Taking a stand for environmental protection and animal rights ● John Muir ­ Taking a stand for U.S. forest conservation ● Teddy Roosevelt ­ Taking a stand for conservation of U.S. natural resources and creation of the National Park Service ● Rachel Carson­ Taking a stand for the environment ● John James Audubon Civil Rights ● Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson­ Taking a stand for integration in sports ● Rosa Parks­ Taking a stand for civil rights ● Malcolm X­ Taking a stand for black power ● NAACP­ Taking a stand for dignity ● Uncle Tom’s Cabin­ Taking a stand through literature ● Martin Luther King­ Taking a stand against racial violence ● Abraham Lincoln­ Taking a stand against slavery ● Frederick Douglass­ Taking a stand against slavery ● NAACP: Taking a stand for dignity ● Brown vs. Board of Education­ Taking a stand against discrimination in education ● Montgomery Bus Boycott ● Birmingham Campaign Disabilities ● Helen Keller­ Taking a stand to improve the welfare of deaf people ● Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ­ Taking a stand for students with disabilities Education ● The Smith­Hughes Act­ Taking a stand for vocational education ● Little Rock High School­ Taking a stand for equal education Gay Rights ● Harvey Milk­ Taking a stand for gay rights ● March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993) ● Stonewall Riots The Holocaust ●
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Schindler’s List Chiune Sugihara Jan Karski Irena Sendler Labor Reform ● Eugene V Debs­ Taking a stand for the labor movement ● Steelworkers against Henry Frick­ Taking a stand during the Homestead Strike ● Cesar Chavez­ Taking a stand for farm workers ● Mother Jones­ Taking a stand for mine workers ● Peter J McGuire­ Taking a stand for the American labor movement ● The Steel Strike of 1919 ● Bay View Tragedy ● Upton Sinclair Music/Musicians ● Bob Dylan­ Taking a stand against the Vietnam war through music ● John Lennon ­ Taking a stand against the Vietnam war through music and activism ● Bono­ Taking a stand against HIV/AIDS Political Philosophy/ Foreign Relations ● McCarthyism vs. Communism ● Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders ● American Revolution­ Taking a stand for democracy ● The United Nations­ Taking a stand for world peace ● John F. Kennedy­ Taking a stand against communism ● Mahatma Gandhi­ Taking a stand for peaceful protest ● Winston Churchill­ Taking a stand against Hitler’s Germany ● The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ● Nelson Mandela­ Taking a stand for justice and freedom in South Africa ● Oliver Tambo­ ● Students for a Democratic Society­ Taking a stand against the Vietnam War ● Anti­War Movement ● Prohibition ● The League of Nations Religion ● Thomas Jefferson­ Taking a stand against religious intolerance ● Martin Luther­ Taking a stand for religious freedom ● Taking a stand for religion (Puritans, Shakers, Mormons, Quakers) ● Protestants vs. Catholics in Northern Ireland Science ● Marie Curie­ Taking a stand in science ● Charles Darwin­ Taking a stand for evolution ● Galileo­ Taking a stand for science Slavery ● William Lloyd Garrison ● Henry Highland Garnet ● Harriet Tubman ● Frederick Douglass­ Taking a stand against slavery ● Uncle Tom’s Cabin­ Taking a stand through literature Social Reform ● Jacob Riis­ Taking a stand for social reform in NYC ● The Children’s Bureau­ Taking a stand for families ● Mother Teresa­ Taking a stand against poverty ● League of women voters­ Taking a stand against child labor ● The Children’s bureau­ Taking a stand for families ● Lewis Hine­ Taking a stand against child labor ● Florence Nightingale­ Taking a stand again patient mistreatment ● Dorothea Dix­ Taking a stand for mental health ● Ryan White­ Taking a stand against HIV Discrimination Sports ● Taking a stand in the stand­ Jesse Owens and the 1968 Olympics ● Coach Lumah Mufleh and the Fugees Soccer Team ­ Taking a stand for refugees around the world ● Title IX­ Taking a stand for equality in sports ● Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson­ Taking a stand for integration in sports ● Arthur Ashe­ Taking a stand against discrimination in sports ● Muhammad Ali­ Taking a stand against the Vietnam war Women’s Rights ● Margaret Sanger­ Taking a stand for birth control ● Susan B. Anthony/ Elizabeth Cady Stanton­ Taking a stand for women to vote ● Gloria Steinem­ Taking a stand for the women’s movement ● Eleanor Roosevelt­ Taking a stand for women’s rights ● Women Suffrage Movement­ Taking a stand to vote ● Foot binding­ Taking a stand against women’s oppression ● Rosie the Riveter­ Taking a stand for working women ● Candy Lightner­ Taking a stand against drunk drivers