Important Figures with an Impact on Democracy

  • George Washington

    George Washington

    Day of Inauguration and known as the first president of the United States who helped frame the Constitution
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    Day of Inauguration and known as the sixteenth president of the United States who issued the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony

    Became part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and fought for the rights' of women
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Protested on a Montgomery bus about not giving up her seat due to segregation at the time and known as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Delivered "I Have a Dream" speech about racial equality to a group of civil rights marchers in Washington, D.C.