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Alberto Gonzalez
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San Antonio, Texas
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*He was the 80th Attorney General of the United
States (2005-07)
*He served as President George W. Bush's White
House counsel (2001-05)
*He was a member of the Texas Supreme Court
(1999-01)
*In 1999, he was named Latino Lawyer of the Year by
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Rosa Parks
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Tuskegee, Alabama
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*Her action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and her act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement
*She refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
*Parks became an international icon of resistanc ....
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Helen Keller
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Tuscumbia, Alabama
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*Keller (deaf/blind) was one of the most famous handicapped people in the world. During her lifetime, Keller was regarded as one of America's most inspirational figures.
*The story of how Keller's teacher, Annie Sullivan, taught her how to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and f ....
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Morgan Freeman
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Memphis, Tennessee
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*Morgan Freeman is an actor who an impressive and varied career on stage, television, and screen
*Most of the characters he has played aren't written specifically for an African-American actor
*He has been nominated for an oscar five times, winning once
*He does not celebrate Black History month
Freeman has publicly criticized t ....
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Barack Obama
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Honolulu, Hawaii
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*Considered to be the first black American President.
*Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on American Foreign policy.
*Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1991.
*For the first time, health care reform passed Congress while he was president
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Colin Powell
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New York, New York
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*He was the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving under President George W. Bush
*He was a former four-star general in the United States Army
*He was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff
*In 1997 Powell founded America's Promise -an org ....
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Abraham Lincoln
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Hodgenville, Hardin County, Ky.
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*Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his shocking assassination in 1865.
*He is best remembered for leading the Union through the Civil War
*While in office, he freed Confederate slaves with the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation
*He delivered the Gettysburg Address, the most f ....
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