Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) was a prominent American Muslim minister, human rights activist, and a foundational figure in the Black Power movement. He powerfully advocated for Black pride, self-determination, self-defense, and human rights, leaving an enduring legacy on global civil rights

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars.

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement".

Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a central leader of the American civil rights movement. He advocated for racial equality through nonviolent civil disobedience, leading landmark efforts like the Montgomery bus boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech.