Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and activist who is widely known as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. On October 14, 1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize […]
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Muhammed Ali
Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016), was a professional boxer and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. At age 18, he won an Olympic gold medal; at age 22 he won the WBA, WBC, and lineal […]
Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man walk down, before your can call him a man? The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind…
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is a songwriter and singer who has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his celebrated works date from the 1960’s, when he became a reluctant “voice of a generation” with songs such as “Blowing in the Wind” […]
Malcom X
Malcolm X (1925–1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. […]