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| MARTIN LUTHER KING |
| Nobel Prize winner Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. originated the nonviolence strategy within the activist civil rights movement. King was born on January 15, 1929, in
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| MAGIC JOHNSON |
| Joining the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association in 1979, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. (born 1959) became one of basketball's most popular stars.
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BILL CLINTON |
William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton (born 1946) won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1992 and then
defeated incumbent George Bush to become the 42nd… more
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Superstar leftfielder Barry Bonds is the only player to win the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award three times. He won the MVP honors in 1990 and 1992 as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates and again in 1993 as a San Francisco...
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Barry Sanders arrived in the National Football League (NFL) with high expectations. After a college football season in which he broke 13 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records and won the Heisman Trophy (as the best player...
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"Bernie Williams has all the talent in the world."--Yankee manager Joe Torre. Bernie Williams had a decision to make as a child growing up in Puerto Rico. He could try to start a career as a guitar player or live out his father's dream and...
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Betsy King always liked sports. From the time she was a child she played whatever game she could, with basketball being her favorite. A knee injury, however, forced King to make a career out of one of her least-favorite sports--golf. The r...
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Speed skating champion Bonnie Blair (born 1964) is the most highly decorated American Winter Olympic athlete in history with six medals. She holds five gold medals, for the 500-meter and 1,000-meter events, as well as a bronze medal for th...
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Quarterback Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers has worked hard to earn respect. After high school, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi because national college football powerhouses did not think he was good enough to play ...
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Brett Hull inherited two things from his father--a famous hockey name and an awesome slap shot. Hull, the record-setting right winger for the St. Louis Blues, is the son of Bobby Hull, a member of the National Hockey League (NHL) Hall of F...
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Brian Boitano has always set high goals for himself. First, he decided to become a figure skater and practiced on roller skates until his parents agreed to ice skating lessons. Then he decided to win the biggest championship in the sport, ...
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The quarterback sack is the most devastating weapon for a defensive football team. The best at getting to the quarterback in the history of the American Football Conference (AFC) is defensive lineman Bruce Smith of the Buffalo Bills. Smith...
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In 1954 major league commissioner Ford Frick issued an order that banned women from playing in organized professional baseball. The decision crushed the dreams of many young girls. Forty years later, the dreams of another generation have n...
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