Historical
Figure
Known For…
-Midnight ride,
pony express,
Boston Tea party
Paul Revere
1734-1818
DILIGENCE
LIBERTY
Frederick
Douglass
1818-1895
JUSTICE
EQUALITY
-North Star
newspaper,
helping Lincoln,
speaking out
against slavery
Social
Barriers
-American in
British colony,
only a silversmith,
had to organize
people to fight in
secret
-African American,
slavery in South,
not allowed to
read, write,
couldn’t leave
Restrictions
-couldn’t vote for
U.S. only,
belonged to
England, no
power
-slave so had to
escape secretly,
had to learn to
read secretly,
couldn’t travel
Obstacles
Overcame
-formed Sons of
-had to break free
Liberty, had
from England,
Boston Tea Party,
had to win battle
fought British
with British
soldiers, friends
soldiers, had to
helped, never gave
work in secret
up
-slavery, racism,
restricted
freedom (couldn’t
go where he
wanted), unfair
laws against
African Americans
-escaped, wrote
North Star
newspaper,
learned to
read/write, made
important friends
(Pres. Lincoln,
Susan B. Anthony)
Historical
Figure
Susan B.
Anthony
Known For…
-fighting for
women’s rights
(voting), getting
arrested, working
with Elizabeth
Cady Stanton
1820-1906
DILIGENCE
EQUALITY
Mary
McLeod
Bethune
1875-1955
COOPERATION
EQUALITY
RESPECT FOR
AUTHORITY
-opening a school
for African
American girls,
hard-working, got
along with
everyone
Social
Barriers
Restrictions
-female (didn’t
have legal rights),
Quaker (learned
of equality when
others didn’t
agree), wanted
integration also
(no slavery)
-as a woman,
didn’t have rights
or right to equal
pay, few believed
what Quakers did,
few wanted a
woman to fight
for power,
freedom
Obstacles
Overcame
-didn’t have right
-Quaker,
to vote, men had
education, fought
the power and
for equality until
wouldn’t share,
laws were
few listened to
changed, met E.
her, got arrested
Cady Stanton and
for voting for
she did the
President illegally, writing, organized
didn’t like writing boycotts, marches
and protests
-ambitious,
-only allowed in
education (learned
places for African
to read/write),
-African American
-poverty, female,
Americans,
make stuff,
and female, lived
lack of
couldn’t go to
friendly, hard
in poverty, wasn’t
opportunities,
Africa to become
working, diligent,
schooled, didn’t
racism, few
missionary,
cooperated with
know anyone in
friends in power,
couldn’t raise a lot
all, had big
power, hadn’t
didn’t go to fancy
of money, whites
dreams,
travelled
schools
held all of the
befriended First
power
Lady Roosevelt,
travelled, fought
for poor
Historical
Figure
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
(FDR)
Known For…
Social
Barriers
Restrictions
-new deal,
-very rich, didn’t -no money to help
Depression, had
President during
have many
to bring a lot of
Depression,
friends, sent away
elected President to school, became people together
to make positive
4 times, being in a ill and had to use
change, couldn’t
wheelchair, first
a wheelchair,
go into places
“disabled”
couldn’t fix the
where wheelchair
President
country’s
wouldn’t fit
Depression
1882-1945
COOPERATION
DILIGENCE
Eleanor
Roosevelt
1884-1962
COOPERATION
EQUALITY
DILIGENCE
-wife of President
elected 4 times,
being
independent and
very dedicated to
human rights,
U.N. Declaration
of Human Rights
-didn’t have many
friends, wasn’t
‘pretty,’ mother
died, step-mom
hated her, went
away to school,
couldn’t be
President herself
and wasn’t
supposed to help
husband do job,
didn’t have much
power on her own
-female wife of
President didn’t
have a lot of
power or
influence, had to
do what husband
told her as
President, people
didn’t want to let
women do great
things
Obstacles
-worst poverty in
U.S. history
during his
Presidency, had
to find money to
help,
discrimination
against disabled
(people who
don’t like the
disabled)
Overcame
-worked hard no
matter what,
didn’t get sad, let
wife help and do a
lot of things,
supportive wife,
people loved him,
New Deal to make
jobs, showed the
disabled are as
good as anyone
-grew up unloved
and being a
-believed in
woman who
herself and her
wanted to get
husband, made
things done but friends, didn’t give
people wouldn’t
up, loved people
let her or want
and wanted to
her to do it, had
help, worked for
to act and say
Human Rights until
right things,
they were
handicapped
guaranteed
husband
Historical
Figure
Known For…
Thurgood
Marshall
-first black
-wasn’t allowed in
-African American
Supreme Court
white schools,
Justice, court case -African American discouraged from in a time of legal
and under the
inequality and
to end separate
being lawyer b/c
law, not seen as
racism (allowed
black/white
he was black,
under the law),
schools “Brown v. equal, wasn’t able inequality under
to attend “white”
limited
Board of Ed.”
the law (not
schools or law
experiences and
equal), had to
school
opportunities ,
fight for power,
had to read
equal rights
constitution every
night
1908-1993
JUSTICE
EQUALITY
Lyndon B.
Johnson
(LBJ)
1908-1973
JUSTICE
EQUALITY
DILIGENCE
Social
Barriers
-teacher,
-grew up poor,
President, “Great had to work hard
Society” to help
to get out of
end U.S. poverty, poverty and get a
signed the civil
good job, teachers
rights law (to give didn’t get money
all races equal
or respect, wasn’t
rights), Texan,
as well-loved as
long time in
President
Congress &
Kennedy, seen as
government
“old” during
“new” times of
change (‘60’s)
Restrictions
-struggled as a
poor child,
President during
Vietnam war,
troubled ‘60’s,
tough to change
laws and country
to make better,
hard to create
jobs in times of
crisis
Obstacles
-poverty,
replaced beloved
President
Kennedy, LBJ was
President during
wartime & civil
rights riots,
Overcame
-dedication and
diligence (worked
hard, never gave
up on dream),
education, fought
for power for
black Americans,
won legal rights
for races,
teamwork and
cooperation
-worked hard his
whole life to
overcome poverty
and help others,
diligence,
cooperation,
education,
Historical
Figure
Cesar
Chavez
1927-1993
JUSTICE
EQUALITY
Known For…
Social
Barriers
Restrictions
-suffered
money/home loss,
-Mexican
grew up poor, had
-didn’t have
American (Latino), to work in farm
power to change
helped farm
fields, didn’t
farm laws, tough
workers get rights attend school for
to get people in
under the law for long, had to take
power to agree,
equal pay, fair
care of big family,
didn’t own farms,
treatment, used
Latinos didn’t get
didn’t have
peaceful protest
respect,
money
and boycotts
promotion, didn’t
have powerful
friends
Obstacles
Overcame
-discrimination
against Latinos,
discrimination
against the poor
and farm
workers, lack of
education, no
powerful friends,
no civil rights
protection of
farm workers
-diligence (worked
hard without
giving up), great
mom, believed in
self, used groups
of people (power
in numbers), used
peaceful boycotts
and protests