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Apr 21, 2020
Walentyna Janta-Polczynska (1913–2020), Polish WWII heroine
Walentyna Janta-Polczynska was a member of the Polish government in exile during World War II, whose translation skills were crucial to the war effort as she prepared intelligence reports and broadcast to fellow Poles on an underground radio station.
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Jan 27, 2017
Inspired by Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks , born Feb. 4, 1913, was one of the great civil rights pioneers of the 20th century. After a lifetime dealing with Montgomery, Alabama's racist law forcing Black citizens who rode city buses to sit in segregated seats at the back, Parks finally decided one Thursday in 1955 to hold her ground and say "no" to discrimination. For her courage, she was arrested, inspiring civil rights activists to boycott the city's buses for more than a year, until finally the city repealed the law.
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