in Ge rgia to family o sha ec oppers, Ja k Roosev lt Robinson was t e fi st Africa America to pla ajo league baseball i tegr ting rofess onal spor s in the Un ted States. is ach ev men was r cognize by the retirem nt f his unif rm num er, 42, by ma or eague b seball eam ; he nu ber wi l never gain b as igned o an ther layer I 1949, h w s selec ed the at onal ea ue’ Most Va uab e Player of the Y ar. n 1962, e was nd cte into th Base al Ha l of Fam .

re than 40 yea after her eath Mar ly Monr e rem ins the pe sonifi c tion o Hollyw od lamour. he ach ev d her ico ic statu , h wever, n t j st wit her ca tivating bea ty a d vo upt ous curves. She pr ved her talent as an a tre s in 1 50s comedi s uc as Gen le en Pr fer Blon es a d ome Like t Hot. In the opu ar m nd, ve her pe son l probl ms, i clud ng hree fai ed marria es, sugge t the poigna t tragedy hat is fte the oth r side f Ho ly ood s ard m.

Cé ar C áv z (1927-1 93) “Sí e pue e” (“I can be don ”) as Mexica -Ame ica l bor ac ivi t Chávez ’s motto in hi fi ght t better igran f rm o ker ’ erribl condit ons. A humble man who ever earned m re tha $6 000 a yea , Cháv z us d no violen ethod to ac ieve his goals, just li e ahatma and i and arti Lut er King Jr. Hi fa ts, bo cotts, and tri es ersuad d America s o all ki ds to sup ort his U it d F rm Wo ke s of Am ric union and ocial j st ce for he po r. ackie obinson (19 9-7 ) Bor