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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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Fred Rogers
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- Famous Pisceans
Fred Rogers
Minister, Television Personality / 1928 - 2003
Fred Rogers is the much-loved host of the public television show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran on PBS from 1968 to 2001.
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Malcolm X
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- African-American Biopics
Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1925 - 1965
African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and '60s.
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Jesse Jackson
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- Famous Libras
Jesse Jackson
Civil Rights Activist, Minister, Journalist / 1941 -
Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights leader, Baptist minister and politician who twice ran for U.S. president.
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George Foreman
George Foreman
Boxer, Entrepreneur, Minister / 1949 -
George Foreman is a retired American boxer who twice won boxing's heavyweight championship. After retiring, he became a popular pitchman.
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Hiram R. Revels
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- Famous Academics
- Famous Libras
Hiram R. Revels
Academic, U.S. Representative, Minister / 1827 - 1901
Hiram Revels is best known as the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
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