On December 1, 1955, she boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and sat down in the “colored” section. Several white passengers then

boarded and the driver asked her to give up her seat for one of them. She

refused, and the driver called the police and she was arrested.

“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but

that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I

usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some

people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only

tired I was, was tired of giving in.”- Rosa Parks

February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005

January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis,

Tennessee

He organized and led marches for blacks’ rights to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other basic civil

rights.

January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

he is considered a cultural icon, sometimes referred to as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The

King"

throughout his career he set records for

concert attendance, television ratings, and

recordings sales

he is one of the best-selling and most

influential artists in the history of popular

music

June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962

original name was ‘Norma Jeane Mortenson’

she is known for her comedic acting roles and

screen presence

Monroe became one of the most popular movie stars of the

1950s and early 1960s

November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957

Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period of intense anti- communist

suspicion inspired by the tensions of the Cold War. He was noted for making claims that there were large

numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal government and elsewhere. Ultimately, McCarthy's tactics and his inability to substantiate his claims led to his being

discredited and censured by the United States Senate.

the term “McCarthyism" coined in 1950 in

reference to McCarthy's practices, was soon

applied to similar anti-communist pursuits

May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1974

the thirty-third President of the

United States (1945–1953)

Harry S. Truman’s signature

many U.S. scholars today

rank him among the top ten presidents

born on April 21, 1926 (still living)

the Queen regnant of sixteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies, which are the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the

Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis

she became queen upon the death of her father on

February 6, 1952

Elizabeth II also holds a variety of other positions,

among them is Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of

England, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Mann, and Paramount

Chief of Fiji.

married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

and has four children and eight

grandchildren

February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955

two-time Oscar-nominated American film actor

he was the first actor to receive a posthumous

Academy Award nomination for Best Actor

and remains the only person to have two such

nominations posthumously

Dean was driving west on U.S. Route 466 (later State Route 46) near Cholame, California when a black-and-white 1950 Ford Custom Tudor coupe, driven from the opposite direction by 23-year-old Donald Turnupseed, attempted to take the fork

onto State Route 41 and crossed into Dean's lane without seeing him. The two cars hit almost head

on.