Review of Historical Figures Who Are You?

Cesar Chavez *Fought for the rights of Mexican- Americans and farm workers

Eleanor Roosevelt *Married her distant cousin and became First Lady after he became President *Very shy

Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) *President during the Great Depression and World War II * elected president four times

Thurgood Marshall * Worked on the case of “Brown vs. Board of Education”

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) * Grew up in Hyde Park, NY *Created the “New Deal” to give Americans jobs

Lyndon B. Johnson * Signed the Voting Rights Act – African Americans gained the right to vote

Mary McLeod Bethune * Born in South Carolina *Was a teacher, missionary, and principal

Cesar Chavez * Joined a group of grape pickers on strike to form the United Farm Workers Association

Thurgood Marshall *Born in Maryland and lived in Washington, D.C. *Wasn’t allowed to do certain things because of segregation

Frederick Douglass * Gave speeches and owned a newspaper – The North Star

Paul Revere * Worked as a silversmith *Took famous midnight ride to warn that the British were coming

Susan B. Anthony * Fought for suffrage (women’s right to vote) and equal rights

Eleanor Roosevelt *Grew up in New York *Worked for human rights

Lyndon B. Johnson * Born in Stovall, Texas *Wanted to create a “Great Society”

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) *Gave speeches on the radio called “Fireside Chats” to give people hope during the Depression

Mary McLeod Bethune * Opened her own school in Daytona Beach, Florida for African American girls

Cesar Chavez * Born in Yuma, Arizona *Family became migrant workers due to the Great Depression

Paul Revere * Grew up in Massachusetts *A Patriot and a member of the Sons of Liberty

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) * suffered from polio and could no longer walk after the age of 39 *was honored with a memorial in Washington, D.C. – the only one that does not have steps

Lyndon B. Johnson * Worked as a member of Congress – Representative and Senator *Was Vice President and became President after JFK was assassinated

Susan B. Anthony * Born in Massachusetts, but grew up in New York *Arrested for voting and refused to pay the $1.00 fine

Frederick Douglass * Grew up in Maryland (a slave state) * Born a slave * Taught self to read

Lyndon B. Johnson * Appointed Thurgood Marshall as a Supreme Court Justice

Mary McLeod Bethune * Worked with Roosevelt and National Youth Administration * Fought for education and civil rights

Thurgood Marshall * Was not allowed to attend the University of Maryland because he was black *Attended Howard University Law School

Frederick Douglass * Worked with Lincoln to abolish slavery * Worked with Susan B. Anthony and the Anti-Slavery Society

Susan B. Anthony * Was not alive when women were given the right to vote (19 th Amendment) * A gold coin named after her

Thurgood Marshall * First Black Supreme Court Justice * Fought for civil rights

Eleanor Roosevelt *Represented the United States in the United Nations *Helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights