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Chief Joseph (1846-1904): Head of the Nez Perce Nation and human rights activist

Cesar Chavez (1927-1993): Civil rights activist and agricultural workers labor leader

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895): A former slave who became a leader in the abolitionist movement

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948): Pacif ist who led India to independence from Great Britain

Shirin Ebadi (1947-present): Human rights activist for Middle East issues and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965): British prime minister during W WII who was one of the f irst leaders to counter Nazi fascism

Rosa Parks (1913-2005): Civil rights activist

Harvey Milk (1930-1978): A leader of the gay rights movement

Nelson Mandela (1918-present): Human rights activist and f irst democratically elected president of South Africa

Mother Teresa (1910-1997): Leader of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, won 1979 Nobel Peace Prize

Elie Wiesel (1928-present): Holocaust survivor dedicated to preventing genocide

The Unknown Rebel of Tiananmen Square (1989): Stood in front of tanks during student human rights uprising in China

Malcolm X (1925-1965): Black nationalist, civil rights leader

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