Historical Figures
Explore the people who shaped history. Each figure comes with a complete teaching bundle.
Showing 10 of 10 figures
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929–1968
Civil Rights MovementBaptist minister and civil rights leader who led the movement for racial equality through nonviolent protest.
Harriet Tubman
March 1822–1913
Slavery And AbolitionismEscaped enslaved woman who became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading over 70 people to freedom.
Frederick Douglass
February 1818–1895
Slavery And AbolitionismEscaped slavery to become one of the most powerful voices against slavery in American history through his writing and speeches.
Rosa Parks
1913–2005
Civil Rights MovementCivil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped end segregation.
Sojourner Truth
1797–1883
Slavery And AbolitionismFormerly enslaved woman who became one of the most powerful voices for abolition and women's rights in 19th-century America.
Booker T. Washington
1856–1915
Reconstruction EraBorn into slavery, he became the most influential Black educator of his era and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
W.E.B. Du Bois
1868–1963
Reconstruction EraBrilliant scholar and co-founder of the NAACP who fought for full civil rights and equality for Black Americans through education and activism.
Ida B. Wells
1862–1931
Reconstruction EraFearless journalist and activist who led a national crusade against lynching and co-founded the NAACP.
George Washington Carver
c. 1864–1943
Reconstruction EraBrilliant scientist who revolutionized Southern agriculture and discovered hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.
Jackie Robinson
1919–1972
Civil Rights MovementBroke baseball's color barrier in 1947 as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, paving the way for integration in sports.