Famous American Activists

Movement

Clue

Answer

Abolition

Former slave and orator who learned to read from his master's wife

Abolition

Known as a "Moses" for her repeated expeditions to the South to free slaves

Abolition

Boston-based abolitionist who wrote the newspaper "The Liberator"

Mental Health

Woman who established asylums and campaigned for prison reform

Suffrage

Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention

Suffrage

Arrested for voting in New York and wrote the original female suffrage amendment

Labor

Founder and longtime President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Settlement

Founder of the Hull House, a settlement home for immigrants

Labor

Ran for President several times as the Socialist Party candidate

Civil Rights

Harvard-educated author of "The Souls of Black Folk" and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Civil Rights

Muckraking journalist who reported on lynchings and co-founder of the NAACP

Birth Control

Founded Planned Parenthood and opened birth control clinics

Civil Rights

Early black nationalist who led the Back-to-Africa movement

Civil Rights

Led the March on Washington and gave "I Have a Dream" speech

Civil Rights

Refused to give up bus seat, leading to Montgomery bus boycott

Civil Rights

Muslim activist who gave "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech

Civil Rights

Began as major Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader and later supported Black Panther Party

Labor

Mexican-American who led the Delano Grape Strike and co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union

Labor

Woman who worked with the above and co-founded the UFW union

Feminism

Wrote "The Feminine Mystique" and co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW)

LGBT Rights

San Francisco supervisor and one of the first openly gay officials in US history

Civil Rights

Baptist minister who founded the National Rainbow Coalition and ran for President in 1984 and 1988