- Marian Anderson was a talented singer who became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and was invited to perform at the White House when President Roosevelt extended this honor.
- Booker T. Washington grew up during the Civil War, worked his way through college, and spent most of his life building Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, becoming a major voice in the civil rights movement.
- Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820, escaped using the Underground Railroad, led over 300 slaves to freedom, nursed injured soldiers during the Civil War, and served on a military rescue mission that freed over 750 slaves.
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