2008-09-28 Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971: “The Ambassador of American Jazz”
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2008-09-21 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962: She Was the Most Influential Wife of Any American President
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2008-09-14 Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945: One of the Greatest Presidents in American History
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2008-09-07 Jessica Tandy, 1909-1994: She Performed in More than 100 Plays and Movies
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2008-08-31 Five Labor Leaders Who Improved Conditions for American Workers
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2008-08-24 Alan Shepard, 1923-1998: The First American to Travel into Space
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2008-08-17 Bo Diddley, 1928-2008: Remembering One of the Fathers of Rock and Roll
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2008-08-10 Dorothy West, 1907-1998: Among the Youngest of the Writers and Artists of New York’s Harlem Renaissance
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2008-08-03 Martha Graham, 1894-1991: The Mother of Modern Dance
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2008-07-27 Thurgood Marshall, 1908-1993: First African American to Serve on the US Supreme Court
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2008-07-20 Sydney Pollack, 1934-2008: He Directed, Produced and Acted in Many Popular Hollywood Movies
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2008-07-13 Janis Joplin, 1943-1970 : One of the Most Famous Voices in Rock Music
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2008-07-06 Flannery O’Connor, 1925-1964: She Told Stories About People Living in Small Towns in the American South
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2008-06-29 Ray Charles, 1930-2004: He Created a Sound That Had a Huge Influence on Popular Music
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2008-06-22 Ray Charles, 1930-2004: Singer, Songwriter and Musician Performed Rock-and-Roll, Rhythm-and-Blues, Even Country-and-Western Music
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