He was a Priest and civil right defender from the us.

He lead the non violent fight for the rights of the black community. 

He were known by his inspirational speeches, and especially his speech in 1963 about the civil rights. "I have a dream”.

He recived the Nobel Peace Price in 1964. 

He wrote a lot of books in his life, about civil rights.

People gathered in big crowds when he was talking.

Martin followed Gandhi´s non violent methods.

He got his own nationalday.

He is well known all over the world, because of everything he achived.

-She was Born March 24, 1912 in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

And died April 20, 2010 (aged 98) Washington, D.C., U.S. 

-She was an American administrator and educator who worked for civil and women's rights.

-Her main focus was the issues of African-American woman. She was president of national council of negro women for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of freedom in 1994 and the congressional Gold Medal in 2004. 

-She stood close to Martin Luther King Jr. when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. Despite her skills as a speaker and a leader, Height was not invited to talk that day.

  

- Marsha P. Johnson was an African American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay
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- On June 30, 1992, shortly after the 1992 Pride march, Johnson was reported missing. Six days later, on July 6, Johnson's body was found floating in the Hudson river. Police initially ruled the death a suicide, but Johnson's friends and other members of the local community insisted Johnson was not suicidal
- She is honored as an LGBT rights pioneer, a veteran activist, a queen and a survivor.
-  The netflix documentary about Marsha is a documentary were they try to find out the mysterious death of Marsha in 1992.

 

He was also a professional boxer who won the world championship several times

He stood up against racism, islamophobia and the vietnam war

He used his fame to highlight these issues

He lived from 1942 – 2016. He died 74 years old

He changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. to Muhammad Ali when he converted to Islam. It was then he began his activist career. This was reportedly because he regarded his birth name as his “slave name”, because of all the oppression he had endured.

He was arrested and banned from boxing during a three-year period because he refused to join the army during the Vietnam war.

He was an inspiration both in and outside of the ring, and he has been a figurehead for both civil right activists and boxing for many years.

As well as being a political activist, he was also a peace promoter.

He has a made a huge impact on the world.