- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969)@
Learn about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and the first supreme commander of NATO. Sites feature biography, historical documents, audiovisuals, musuem exhibits, speeches, and reference material for the President who ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, launched the space race, enlarged the social security system, and built the interstate highway system.
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- Jackson, Jesse@
Read about Jesse Jackson, the professional civil rights activist and a prominent leader of American Christian Left. Sites provide biography, political and religious profile, writings, speeches, commentary, archived essays, and audio clips of speeches by the famous African American spokesman for civil rights issues.
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- Parks, Rosa (1913-2005)@
Read about Rosa Parks, the African American activist who was called the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. Sites offer biography, political life, video clips, news coverage, historical milestones, archived interviews, remembrances, and chronology of Rosa Parks' historical boycott which triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
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- Disney, Walt (1901-1966)@
Find about Walt Disney, the producer, director, and animation pioneer who created cartoons like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Donald Duck, and many more. Sites feature biography, filmography, trivia, fan sites, obituary, and more.
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- McCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)@
Discover Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator and anti-Communist campaigner, through sites featuring history, photos, interviews, archives, audio files, life, and legacy of the American politician whose activities led to the coinage of word and concept, McCarthyism.
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- Nader, Ralph@
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- Washington, George (1732-1799)@
Find sites for George Washington, the founder and first President of the United States. Sites offer biography, history, events, speeches and inaugural addresses, musuem exhibits, essays, military papers, and educational resources about the U.S. President and commander-in-chief of American Revolution who was eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
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- Madison, James (1751-1836)@
Explore the sites for James Madison, the fourth President of the United States also known as the Father of the Constitution. Sites feature biography, historical documents, personal accounts, online exhibits, annotated correspondence, and tribute to the U.S. President who built a movement of grass roots political activism during the early 1800s.
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- Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)@
Learn about Gerald R. Ford, who became the 38th President of the U.S. with the resignation of Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Sites feature biography, political career, history of administration, museum exhibits, speeches, vice-presidency, and political events which led him to the power and the legacy of his Presidential tenure.
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- Revere, Paul (1735-1818)@
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- Goldman, Emma (1869-1940) (9)
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- Malcolm X (1925-1965)@
Find sites for Malcolm X, the American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Sites offer biography, political and religious profile, ideology, quotes, interviews, historical clips, and chronicles of life and assassination of the politico-religious leader who was called 'Satan' for his vitriolic hatred for bible, God, and religion in general before his conversion to Islam.
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- Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937?)@
Find about Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Sites include her biography, achievements, as well as urban legends surrounding her life and mysterious disappearance during a flight across the Pacific Ocean.
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- Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)@
Find sites for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Sites biography, historical documents, museum exhibits, inaugural addresses, digital archives, and miscellaneous papers related to the U.S President who promoted republicanism and the separation of church and state.
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- Johnson, John H. (1918-2005)@
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- Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.) (1846-1917)@
Find sites for Buffalo Bill or Willaim F. Cody (1846-1917), the legendary American buffalo hunter and showman. Sites offer biography, documentary, museum exhibits, and news reports which analyze the life of the man and the myth behind the founder of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show. Also find sites for Buffalo Bill Musuem and grave.
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- Keller, Helen (1880-1968)@
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- Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)@
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- Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)@
Explore sites for Theodore Roosevelt, the 30th U.S. President who brought about the economic growth of 'Roaring Twenties' in the United States. Sites feature biography, history, genealogy, writings, sound recordings, speeches and inaugural addresses, and quotes of the President who was known as Rough Rider, conservationist, naturalist, badlands rancher, and Republican/Bull Moose Progressive statesman.
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- Marshall, Thurgood (1908 - 1993)@
Find sites for Thrugood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sites provide biography, education, law career, opinions, interviews, speeches, and obituary for the jurist most remembered for his jurisprudence in civil rights and criminal procedure.
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