Social Justice Heroes
Temple Grandin, a biologist and scientist and noted animal expert. She is an advocate for autistic populations.
Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader, community organizer, and Latino American civil rights activist. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association
Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist who employed non- violent resistance against British Rule.
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Martin Luther King Jr., a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, giving Commencement Speech at Springfield College on June 14, 1964.
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
Rachel Carson, a marine biologist who is credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
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Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. She rescued approximately 70 enslaved people.
Civil Rights March in Springfield, MA in 1965.
Nelson Mandala, former President of South Africa. He was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist.
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