INTRODUCTION1. ELLA BAKER: Toiling “in Friendship”
2. DAISY BATES: Protector of the Young
3. LEAH CHASE: Chef to the Stars
4. JUNE JACKSON CHRISTMAS: The Good Doctor
5. SEPTIMA CLARK: Mother of the Movement
6. MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS: Turning Tragedy into Action
7. FANNIE LOU HAMER: Driven by Indignity
8. DOROTHY HEIGHT: The “Godmother” of Civil Rights
9. AILEEN HERNANDEZ: Getting Things Done NOW
10. ZILPHIA HORTON: Highlander Hero
11. RUBY HURLEY: The Great Investigator
12. DIANE NASH: The Fearless Fighter
13. ROSA PARKS: Taking a Stand by Sitting
14. GLORIA RICHARDSON: Leading a Movement in Maryland
15. JO ANN ROBINSON: Taking a Back Seat to Rosa Parks
16. MODJESKA SIMKINS: Tough Activist, Tough Woman
17. GWENDO LYN ROBINSON ZOHARAH SIMMONS: Fighter for Freedom
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