This update features ten new biographies of figures who played important roles in defining laws and rights during the twentieth century, ranging from civil rights activists, members of Congress, journalists, and lawyers. It includes the towering academic and activist John Hope Franklin; LULAC activists Pete Tijerina and Alice Dickerson Montemayor; the suffragist Mabel Vernon; and Cherokee activist and educator Ruth Muskrat Bronson.
| Bronson, Ruth Muskrat (3 Oct. 1897–12 June 1982), cherokee activist, educator, and federal official
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Cahn, Jean Camper (26 May 1935–2 Jan. 1991), lawyer and advocate for the poor
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| De la Garza, Kika (22 Sept. 1927–13 Mar. 2017), U.S. representative and agricultural policy leader
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| Dunnigan, Alice Allison (27 Apr. 1906–6 May 1983), journalist and civil rights activist
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| Franklin, John Hope (2 Jan. 1915–25 Mar. 2009), historian, author, civil rights activist, and public intellectual
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| Montemayor, Alice Dickerson (6 Aug. 1902–13 May 198, Mexican American feminist and civil rights activist
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| Robinson, Amelia Boynton (18 Aug. 1911–26 Aug. 2015, civil rights activist
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| Tijerina, Pedro “Pete” Jr. (1922–2003), attorney and civil rights activist
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| Tijerina, Reies López (21 Sept. 1926–19 Jan. 2015), political activist
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| Vernon, Mabel (10 Sept. 1883–2 Sept. 1975), suffragist, political organizer, and peace activist
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