LYNDON B. 
​JOHNSON

TEXAS
​​​​(POTUS 1963-1969)​
  • president who succeeded Kennedy is assassinated
  • actively supported civil rights legislation
  • responsible for troop escalation and involvement in the Vietnam War

THURGOOD 
​MARSHALL

MARYLAND
(o. 1967-1991)
  • first African American Supreme Court Justice.

ROSA PARKS

ALABAMA
​​​​(1913-2005)
  • led UN/American forces during the Korean War.
  • ​fired by Pres. Truman during the Korean War for insubordination concerning China.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

GEORGIA
​​​​(1929-1968)​
  • Baptist minister and civil rights leader
  • opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations
  • gave his famous "I have a dream" speech
  • assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1868

GEORGE 
WALLACE

ALABAMA
​(1919-1998)
  • Alabama governor best known for his pro-segregation attitudes during the Civil Rights Movement.

CAESAR CHAVEZ

CALIFORNIA
​​​​(1927-1993)
  • civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association
  • ​helped to improve conditions for migrant farm workers and unionize them

MALCOLM X 

NEW YORK
​​​​(1925-1965)
  • leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll ​referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll".

HO CHI MINH

VIETNAM
​​​​(1890-1969)
  • Communist leader of North Vietnam

GEN. WILLIAM  
WESTMORELAND

SOUTH CAROLINA 
​​​​(GEN. 1964-1968)
  • commander of US forces in S. Vietnam who oversaw an escalation of troop deployment.
  • replaced after the Tet Offensive.

BETTY FRIEDAN

WASHINGTON D.C.
​​(1921-2996)
  • feminist sparking a new wave of feminism through her book "The Feminine Mystique".
  • ​founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).

GLORIA STEINEM

NEW YORK
​​​​​(1934-present)
  • feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became a leader of the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s.

PHYLLIS 
​SCHLAFLY

MISSOURI
​​​​​(1924-2016)
  • anti-feminist who led the campaign to defeat the ERA claiming it would undermine the American family

BARRY 
​GOLDWATER

ARIZONA
​​​​​(1909-1998)
  • initial leader of the conservative movement
  • ​Republican contender against LBJ for the presidency in 1964

RICHARD 
​NIXON

CALIFORNIA
​​​​(POTUS 1969-1974)​
  • advocated "Vietnamization" (replace US troops with Vietnamese) and expanding bombing to Cambodia
  • visited China opening up trade and formally normalizing relations
  • ​Watergate scandal leads him to become first and only president to resign

HENRY 
​KISSINGER

GERMANY
​​​​​(o. 1969-1977)
  • major influence in the shaping of U.S. foreign policy from 1969 to 1976 under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford as a National Security advisor and Secretary of State