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- Booker T. (Taliaferro) Washington was born a slave in Hales Ford, VA
near Roanoke in1856. After the U.S. government freed all slaves in 1865,
his family moved to Malden, W.VA. There Washington worked in coal mines and salt
furnaces. He became an important black leader and educator. He was
famous for founding the Tuskeegee Institute, a school for African
Americans. He died in 1915.
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- He has two sisters. When he was young, he loved all sports. He was a
very, very good kicker. That is how he got the nickname of Boomer. He
became a professional football player when he grew up. He played
quarterback for the New York Jets. He made over twenty-three touchdowns
in one year! He is retired now.
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- He was born in 1809 and died in 1868. When he was 1 year old, his
family moved to Brooms Lick, Missouri. As an adult he became a famous
hunter, trapper and a guide. He even went on three trips with the
explorer John Charles Fremont.
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- George was born in Alabama in 1864. When George Washington Carver was
born, he had many things against him. He was a sick, weak little baby. George worked hard
for many years. He always was trying to save enough money for college.
He made 300 different kinds of uses for peanuts. He died in 1943.
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- He was born a slave in 1818 in the south. His grandmother raised him
because his parents died.
- He became a famous writer. He started his own newspaper. He fought to
free the slaves. He spoke about black people having equal rights. He died at age 77
in 1895.
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- Gertrude Ederle was born in
1906. She had a mother, father, brother, and sister. She swam the
English Channel. She ate chicken in the ocean. She was an Olympic swimmer.
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- Thomas Edison was born in 1847. His birthplace was in Milan, Ohio. He
lived in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
He had one sister named Tannie. His middle name was Alva. He sold 1,000
newspapers in one day! His mother’s name was Nancy Edison. He invented
the light bulb. He invented the electric vote recorder.He invented the
film projector. In 1876 he moved to Menlo Park, N.J. That same year he
improved the telephone by adding the carbon transmitter. Edison’s invention of the phonograph
in 1877 ranks as one of the world’s most original inventions. He died in
1931.
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- Helen Lester is an author of
kids’ books. When she was young, she wanted to be a teacher. She became
a writer as an adult. Her first manuscripts were returned by the
publisher. On her seventh try she got a book published. She is famous
for writing books about a penguin named Tacky.
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- She was born in Los Angeles, California in 1958. She is half Mexican.
She is a scientist. Her accomplishment is she was the first Hispanic
woman to blast off into space. She took college classes for 23 years.
Her favorite subjects in school were math and music.
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- She was born in 1887 on a farm in Wisconsin.
- She had 4 sisters. At the age of 12, she told a friend she wanted to be
an artist so she became an artist. She drew big pictures of flowers and
skulls. She died in New Mexico in 1986.
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- Jesse Owens was born in 1913. He lived in Ohio. He had 8 brothers and
sisters. His grandparents had been slaves. He won 4 gold medals in the
Olympics for running. He was called the world’s fastest human. He led a
band of Black musicians. He died in 1980.
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- Eleanor was born in 1884. When she was little she was afraid to swim.
Eleanor married Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was crippled by polio and
worked politically Eleanor was perhaps the most known and most beloved
lady of the twentieth century.
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- Betsy Ross was born in 1752 . She was known as an expert seamstress.
George Washington asked her to make the very first American flag. She
died in 1836.
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- She was born in 1940.
- She had polio when she was little. Wilma practiced walking as often as
she could after that. When she was twelve years old, she could take her
brace off for good. She was the fastest women in the world. She won
three gold medals in the Olympics. She was a second grade teacher after
the Olympics. She died in 1994.
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- She was born in 1954. She lived in West Virginia and Kent, Ohio. She
has a mother, two grandparents, aunts, uncles, and lots of cousins. She
became a writer and wrote a series of books called Henry and Mudge. She
wrote lots of other books too. Cynthia received her Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1975 from Morris Harvey College. In 1976 she received an M.A.
in English from Marshall University. Then in 1982 she obtained a Master
of Library Science from Kent State University. In 1993 she donated her
manuscripts to the library at Kent State.
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- She was born in 1786. She’s an Indian. The chief was her brother. She
met Americans. She was a guide and an interpreter. She had a a husband and a daughter. She helped
make a great difference in America. She died in 1884.
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- He was born in 1906. He had four brothers and two sisters. He became a
famous baseball pitcher. He was the first African American elected to
the Baseball Hall of Fame. He died in 1982.
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- He loved to draw. He had a family in California. He wanted his drawings
in the yearbook. Charlie Brown was in the newspapers.
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- He was born March 2, 1904. He had a mom, dad and sister. When he was
grown up he met Helen. In 1925, he went to Oxford University in England.
Most of Dr. Seuss’s books are written in simple verses. His first book
was And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, in 1937. The 500 Hats
of Bartholomew Cubbins was written in 1938. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
was written in 1957. He died in 1991.
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- She was born in 1925. She is a Native American. She lived in a cabin
with her mom and dad as a child. She liked music and dancing. When she
was young, she took lessons to get even better. She became a famous
ballet dancer. She is still alive.
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- Susan B. Anthony was born in
1820. She lived in Adams, Massachusetts. She lived with eight brothers
and sisters and a mom and dad. She became famous because she wanted men
and woman to have equal rights. On Election Day Susan voted although it
was against the law for a woman to vote . But she got arrested for
voting. But her vote still counted. She died in 1906.
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