Historical Figures 2nd Grade

He was an American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. He was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• W.E.B Dubois

• Thurgood Marshall

• Sojourner Truth

She was the first Mexican-American woman in Texas to become a representative and successful politician.

• Sojourner Truth

• Amelia Earhart

• Abigail Adams

• Irma Rangel

He was an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that his name has become a synonym in the United States for one's signature.

• John Hancock

• George Washington Carver

• Paul Revere

• Robert Fulton

He was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He is generally ranked as one of the five best presidents in history.

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Paul Revere

• Robert Fulton

She born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment

• Abigail Adams

• Sojourner Truth

• Amelia Earhart

• Irma Rangel

He was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Paul Revere

• Thurgood Marshall

He was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat. The success of his steamboat changed river traffic and trade on major American rivers.

• George Washington Carver

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Robert Fulton

• Paul Revere

He was an American-American botanist and inventor during the early 19 hundreds. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.

• George Washington Carver

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thurgood Marshall

He was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.

• Paul Revere

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thurgood Marshall

• Robert Fulton

She was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is sometimes considered to have been a Founder of the United States, and is now designated as the first Second Lady and second First Lady of the United States, although these titles were not used at the time.

• Irma Rangel

• Amelia Earhart

• Sojourner Truth

• Abigail Adams