He was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who shot down three enemy planes in a single day.
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Remembering people whose life stories touched the world around them.
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He won a gold medal in the 4×400 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Jones was on the Super Bowl XXXI-winning Green Bay Packers.
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Unk’s pair of 2006 dance-floor anthems helped put snap music on the map.
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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 also wrote and produced “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill.”
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The point guard led the SuperSonics to a championship in 1979.
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He faced violence for fighting racial segregation and riding public transportation.
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The soul and R&B duo were Hall of Fame-honored, Grammy Award -winning artists.
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Veale was the Pirates’ second place all-time strikeout leader.