101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed US History

From classrooms in every corner of the United States, 101 Changemakers invites readers to swap marble statues for living, breathing rebels—Tecumseh, Harriet Tubman, Mark Twain, César Chávez, Rachel Carson, Harvey Milk, Henry Wallace, and dozens more—whose fearless voices stitched the ongoing fight for social justice in America into the nation’s very fabric. Each brisk profile cracks open a different doorway to Racial Justice, Environmental Justice, LGBTQ rights, and Political Justice, showing middle-school learners that history isn’t carved by presidents alone but by ordinary people who refused silence. As you flip pages, you’ll cross centuries in a blink: a Shawnee leader rallying resistance, a daring conductor on freedom’s path, a muckraking author skewering hypocrisy, an organizer lifting farmworker dignity, a scientist warning of poisoned skies, a trailblazing supervisor shouting, “Hope will never be silent.” Every snapshot pulses with vivid anecdotes, reflective questions, and crisp context that teachers can drop straight into lesson plans or faith-based youth groups eager for role models beyond textbook royalty. Which changemaker’s spark will ignite your students’ own revolt against injustice, and how will they write the next brave chapter? Learn more to open the door and find out.