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| Abraham Lincoln was a U.S president who fought for the abolition of slavery. | Aung San Suu Kyi seeks democracy for Burma. | Cesar Chavez was a tireless advocate for migrant farm workers. | Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce tribe in an effort to keep its homeland. |
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| Clara Shortridge Foltz was the first woman to practice law in California. | Craig Kielburger believes kids can change the world. | Declaration of Human Rights established the basis for human rights beliefs and practices all over the world. | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" was the civil rights speech that moved the world |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt was a champion for freedom. | Elizabeth Blackwell opened the first medical school for women. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a pioneer in the movement for womens rights. | Frances Ellen Watkins devoted her life to speaking out against slavery. |
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| Fred Korematsu bravely protested the Japanese-American internment. | George Washington was the first President of the United States. | Harriet Tubman organized the Underground Railroad. | Inez Milholland Boissevain : a brief but spectacular life dedicated to women's suffrage. |
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| Inge Sargent is a Burmese princess devoted to human rights for all. | Iqbal Masih was a brave advocate for child labor laws. | James Reeb risked his own life as a brave civil rights crusader. | Jane Akre & Steve Wilson won the 2001 Goldman Environmental Prize for their courageous journalism. |
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| Janet Jagan was the first female president of Guyana. | Jessie Daniel Ames worked openly and actively on behalf of racial justice. | John Adams worked as hard for peace for the United States as he did for its independence. | Jose Marti was a key organizer of Cuba's battle for independence. |
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| Joseph Ki-Zerbo works to help Africans retain control of their country's agriculture. | Kofi Annan is an honored freedom hero and an AIDS activist. | Malcolm Little known as Malcom X, was a warrior in the fight against racism. | Marian Wright Edelman is one of the country's leading advocates for children. |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. Peaceful freedom fighter and civil rights activist | Mary Harris Jones worked to free children from industrial slavery. | Medgar Wiley Evers work to end racism in America | Mohammad Hatta was a central figure in Indonesia's fight for independence. |
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| Mohandas K. Gandhi freed India from British oppression through non-violent protest. | Morris Seligman Dees is the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. | Moses led the Jews from slavery and gave them religious laws. | Nellie McClung believed in equal rights for all women |
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| Nelson Mandela is a peacemaker and a freedom hero. | Osceola led the Seminoles in their battle for independence. | Quaid-E-Azam helped to create the nation of Pakistan. | RAWA promote women's rights through non-violent action |
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| Rev. James Reeb worked for equal rights for all | Robert F. Kennedy was a voice for the powerless and advocate for human rights. | Roger Nash Baldwin A pioneer in the struggle for civil justice. | Rosa Parks made history when she refused to sit in the back of the bus. |
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| Ruby Bridges bravely led the way to desegregation of schools as a child. | Sir William Wallace was a freedom-fighter for the Scottish people in the early 1300s. | Sojourner Truth born into slavery, worked for the freedom of all. | Susan B. Anthony led the early Women's Suffrage Movement. |
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| The Dalai Lama is the religious leader of Tibet and an emblem of Tibet's hopes for freedom. | Thomas Jefferson helped the American Colonies achieve independence from Britain. | Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. | Tiananmen Square discuss freedom and democracy at Tian An Min Square. |
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| Vaclav Havel despite censorship, wrote plays that helped keep the hope of freedom alive.... | W.E.B. Dubois was a leading 19th century writer and scholar. |