"Life is not a spectator sport.”

Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball Player and Activist

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Frederick Douglass, Statesman, Writer, and Political Activist

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Activist, and Minister

"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"

John Lewis, Member of the US House of Representatives

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

Coretta Scott King, American Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader

"As I give, I get.”

Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil Rights Leader, Educator, and Political Advisor

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

Duke Ellington, Composer, Pianist and Jazz Artist

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

Malcolm X, Minister and Human Rights Activist

"I will not take but for an answer.”

Langston Hughes, Poet, Playwright and Activist

"Character, not circumstances, makes the person.”

Booker T. Washington, Orator, Author and Political Advisor

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"Life is not a spectator sport.”
Jesse Owens, Four-time Olympian Gold medalist in Track and Field
Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball Player and Activist
Muhammad Ali, Boxer, Philanthropist and Cultural Icon
2
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass, Statesman, Writer, and Political Activist
Langston Hughes, Poet, Playwright and Activist
Malcolm X, Minister and Human Rights Activists
3
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
James Baldwin, Novelist, Playwritght and Social Critic
Frederick Douglass, Statesman, Writer and Political Activist
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Activist, and Minister
4
"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
James Baldwin, Novelist, Playwright and Social Critic
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
John Lewis, Member of the US House of Representatives
5
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
Coretta Scott King, American Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader
Malcolm X, Minister and Human Rights Activists
Langston Hughes, Poet, Playwright and Activist
6
"As I give, I get.”
Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist, Union Spy and Humanitarian
Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Activist
Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil Rights Leader, Educator, and Political Advisor
7
"A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
Muhammad Ali, Boxer, Philanthropist and Cultural Icon
Lena Horne, Singer, Actress and Civil Rights Activist
Duke Ellington, Composer, Pianist and Jazz Artist
8
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
Malcolm X, Minister and Human Rights Activist
Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist, Union Spy and Humanitarian
Duke Ellington, Composer, Pianist and Jazz Artist
9
"I will not take but for an answer.”
Langston Hughes, Poet, Playwright and Activist
Angela Davis, Scholar, Writer and Political Activist
Malcolm X, Minister and Human Rights Activist
10
"Character, not circumstances, makes the person.”
Booker T. Washington, Orator, Author and Political Advisor
Langston Hughes, Poet, Playwright and Activist
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Activist and Minister

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