Instruction:
Who are some important people in U.S. history that everyone should know about?

Response:
Here are some important people in U.S. history:
* John Brown, an abolitionist who led a failed slave revolt in what is now West Virginia, and was executed for doing so.
* Henry George, who popularized the concepts of land value taxation (LVT) and universal basic income (UBI). His most famous work is a book called Progress and Poverty.
* Thurgood Marshall, who was a justice of the Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment, he successfully argued against segregation in education in the case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
* Bayard Rustin, a civil rights activist.
* Scott Wiener, a state senator in California who has authored legislation that makes it easier to build housing.
* Stanley Chang, a state senator in Hawaii who has similarly been vocally supportive of increasing the supply of housing.
* Ilhan Omar, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.