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Social Justice Activists

Throughout the month of February, Hilbert College will post a brief biography for a different social justice activist (one on each business day). Special thanks to the library for their help preparing these biographies.

February 1 - Rosa Parks

February 2 - Ruby Bridges

February 3 - Julian Bond

February 4 - Maya Angelou

February 5 - Malcolm X

February 8 - Peter, Paul, & Mary

February 9 - Dred Scott

February 10 - Frederick Douglass

February 11 - James T. Rapier

February 12 - Jesse Jackson

February 16 - Booker T. Washington

February 17 - Joan Baez

February 18 - Harriet Tubman

February 19 - Underground Railroad

February 22 - Doris (Dorie) Miller

February 23 - Guion Bluford & Mae Jemison

February 24 - William Lloyd Garrison

February 25 - Joseph Hodge

February 26 - Sojourner Truth

February 29 - Matthew Henson

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