Transcript Individuals Influence Communities

Individuals Influence
Communities
Grade 2 Unit 8, Lesson 2
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Thurgood Marshall
A lifelong supporter of rights of individuals, Marshall served as the attorney
representing Brown in the milestone case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
His victory led to the end of segregation. He later became a Supreme Court Justice,
continuing his service ensuring the fair rules governing the United States.
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Irma Rangel
The first female Hispanic elected to the Texas House of
Representatives, Irma Rangel was a champion of minority
rights, student issues, and expanding funding for the education.
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John Hancock
• Instrumental in the
founding of the United
States of America.
• As president of the
Continental Congress, he
was the first to sign the
Declaration of
Independence.
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Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt “amid nature’s rugged grandeur on Glacier Point,
Yosemite,” one of the national parks. Roosevelt was instrumental in starting the
national parks system “as a National asset” that contributed to “the production of
good citizenship.”
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