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1. He argued a landmark case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court that resulted in the striking down of the "separate but equal" clause of Plessy -v- Ferguson, and the end to racial segregation in U.S. public schools. He was the leader of the NAACPs Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
2. This First Lady championed such causes as improving the lives of the poor, women and children, the unemployed, the disabled, and worked for civil rights legislation in these areas. Later, she served as chair of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.
3. He was born in 1943, attended Yale University, served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and fought in Vietnam. After returning home, he helped form the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. In 1985, he became a U.S. senator, and an expert on matters of foreign policy.
4. He spent years travelling across America, and in 1957 turned those travel adventures into a classic novel, "On the Road", a virtual bible of the Beat Generation.
5. He has over 1,000 inventions to his credit. Born in Ohio, he was not formally well-educated, but read everything he could. While a young man he worked in telegraph stations and as a newspaper boy on trains.
6. This singer, songwriter, and author's most famous ballad was used as a Vietnam-era protest song. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, this American has had a strong influence on other musicians, and carries on socially conscious traditions found in our folk music.
7. In 1951 this famous American was the Commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). The cold war and burgeoning arms race between America and the Soviet Union was in full swing during his term as U.S. President.
8. A U.S. Supreme Court justice, he penned several opinions of the Court regarding First Amendment rights and civil liberties - particularly, Texas -v- Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), a majority opinion regarding the issue of flag-burning.
9. He led a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, that threatened to put public busses in Montgomery out of business. He is known for passionate, forthright speeches that eventually helped to change racial perceptions and legislation in the U.S.
10. As a lawyer, a presidential campaign manager, attorney general, and U.S. Senator, he was a champion for the causes of social justice, the poor, and the disenfranchised. Despite being born with the proverbial "silver spoon" in his mouth, he fought relentlessly for the down-trodden, and often quoted from the poet Aeschylus in his articulate speeches.
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