Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
Contents:
Foreword by Senator Cory Booker -- Joan of Arc -- Martin Luther -- Galileo Galilei -- Samuel Adams -- Frederick Douglass -- Sojourner Truth -- Susan B. Anthony -- Lozen the Apache warrior -- Sitting Bull -- Queen Liliuokalani -- Lucretia Mott -- Ida B. Wells -- Mohandas Ghandi -- Emiliano Zapata -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Chiune Sugihara -- Hedy Lamarr -- Nelson Mandela -- Oskar Schindler -- The Dalai Lama -- Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Rachel Carson -- John Lewis -- Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X -- Miriam Makeba -- Harvey Milk -- Wangari Maathai -- Archbishop OĢscar Romero -- Malala Yousafzai -- Janet Mock -- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II -- Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi -- Anastasia Somoza -- Greta Thunberg -- Colin Kaepernick -- Stacey Abrams -- Laverne Cox -- Ruby Bridges -- March for our lives -- Afterword by Samantha Fuentes.
Summary:
Before they were activists, they were just ordinary people like us. These profiles of remarkable figures show us what it means to take a stand and say no to injustice. -- From back cover.
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