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Althea Gibson
Tennis Star
Billie Holiday
Jazz Vocalist
Charles Drew
Medical Researcher
Charlie Parker
Jazz/BeBop Pioneer
Clayton Moore
The Lone Ranger
Dinah Washington
Queen Of The Blues
Dolores Huerta
Co-Founder of the UFW
Dorothy Dandridge
Hollywood Film Star
Edward R. Murrow
An American Original
Emmett Till
Jim Crow Martyr
Eugene "Bull" Connor
Hoses and Hatred
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Cuban Revolutionary
James A. Baldwin
Writer & Activist
Jay Silverheels
"�faithful companion, Tonto"
John Wayne
Hollywood's Duke
Jonas Salk
Polio Vaccine
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
Negro League Great
Marian Anderson
Classical Singer
Martin L. King, Jr.
Voice of Civil Rights
Mary Bethune
Educational Visionary
Matthew Henson
Arctic Explorer
Rafer Johnson
Decathlon Champion
Ralph J. Bunche
International Mediator
Rosa Parks
Sparked Civil Rights
Roy Campanella
Baseball Hero
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Las Vegas Legend
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Tail-Gunner Joe
Sugar Ray Robinson
Professional Boxer

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