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Learn more about the historical figures mentioned previously.  Remember that you will be writing a short paragraph on the information you have learned. So take advantage of the clips below! 

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson (Hidden Figures Trailer):

 

Martin Luther King Jr:

George Washington:

Harriet Tubman (Harriet movie trailer):

Helen Keller:

Check out her organization: https://www.hki.org/helen-kellers-life-and-legacy/ Links to an external site.

Biography: https://www.biography.com/activist/helen-keller Links to an external site.

 

Clara Lemlich:

The Uprising of 20,000: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography-clara-lemlich/ Links to an external site.

 

Nellie Bly:

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/nellie-bly Links to an external site.

 

Virginia Apgar:

 

Maria Tallcheif:

 

Claudette Colvin:

Before Rosa Parks there was Claudette: https://www.npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin Links to an external site.

 

Ruby Bridges:

 

Sally Ride:

 

Florence Griffith Joyner:

 

Oprah Winfrey:

 

Sonia Sotomayor: