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Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

Dr. King is usually credited for the March on Washington in August 1963. But it was Rustin who organized and strategized in the shadows. As a gay man who had controversial ties to communism, he was considered too much of a liability to be on the front lines of the movement. Nonetheless, he was considered to be one of the most brilliant minds, and served his community tirelessly while pushing for more jobs and better wages.

His moment came in 1831. Turner witnessed a full-eclipse and took this as his God-given sign to act. He led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion in US history. Six weeks after he started his crusade to freedom, it took 3,000 militia troops to overpower the 75 freed slaves in Turner’s army. Eventually, Turner was captured in Jerusalem, Virginia. Not long after, he was tried and hanged.
Turner’s rebellion, or “Old Nat’s War” as it was called, rippled through history. It shattered the complacent Southern myth that slaves were content to serve. It showed all Americans the power of a few to fight for what should have always been theirs—freedom.   

Malcom Little was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, and was also sadly assassinated in Washington Heights, New York City, New York, on February 21, 1965. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim Minister. and African-American human rights activist. He preached self-worth to the community of Blacks in America and tried to teach many to reflect on where they came from and what they have accomplished; while also teaching them to love themselves and appreciate who they are and what they have.

Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Known as the “Father of Black History,” He holds an outstanding position in early 20th century American history. Woodson authored numerous scholarly books on the positive contributions of Blacks to the development of America.He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history.