Thirteen brief stories about courageous people in American history who stood up for their beliefs about equality and justice, arranged in chronological order by year from 1776 to 2005. Each story is preceded by a personal quote from the person profiled.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1776-Thomas Jefferson -- 1848-Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- 1852-Frederick Douglass -- 1858-Sitting Bull -- 1863-Abraham Lincoln -- 1883-Emma Lazarus -- 1932-Franklin D. Roosevelt -- 1960-John F. Kennedy -- 1962-Rachel Carson -- 1963-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- 1964-Cesar Chavez -- 1990-Rosa Parks -- 2005-Barack Obama.
