He leapt onto President Kennedy’s car to try to protect him and the first lady.
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His pulp magazine art and Civil War paintings are widely recognizable.
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She was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation.
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He faced violence for fighting racial segregation and riding public transportation.
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Mothershed Wair faced violent threats and protests just to attend high school.
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Ledbetter’s advocacy led to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
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Lucy came up with the slogan of Memphis sanitation strikers, declaring “I Am a Man.”
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Buxtun’s work helped reveal a decades-long secret experiment on Black men.
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At just 6, she faced jeers and protests when she attended school alongside white children.
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At 61, Davis returned to college, earning her master’s degree from New York University.
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