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Booker T. Washington 1856–1915EducationEducator and founder of Tuskegee Institute who advocated for vocational training for African Americans.
Benjamin Spock 1903–1998EducationPediatrician whose 1946 baby-care manual reshaped postwar American child-rearing advice.
Mary McLeod Bethune 1875–1955EducationEducator and civil rights leader who founded Bethune-Cookman University and advised four presidents.
Howard Zinn 1922–2010EducationHistorian and Boston University professor whose A People's History of the United States reshaped historical narratives.
Robert Parris Moses 1935–2021EducationCivil rights leader and math educator who founded the Algebra Project to empower poor students.
Emma Willard 1787–1870EducationWomen's education reformer who founded the Troy Female Seminary, a model for women's higher education.
Catharine Beecher 1800–1878EducationPioneer in women's education who founded schools and advocated for female teachers across America.
Geoffrey Canada b. 1952EducationSocial activist who founded the Harlem Children's Zone, a model for comprehensive community-based education.
Jonathan Kozol b. 1936EducationWriter and activist whose books exposed the stark inequalities in American public schooling.
Michelle Rhee b. 1969EducationFormer chancellor of D.C. public schools who became a polarizing figure in education reform debates.John Holt 1923–1985EducationTeacher and author whose How Children Fail and How Children Learn inspired the homeschooling movement.