This is the kind of world kids had to grow up with during the 1950s and 1960s |
This is the kind of stuff people of Latino heritage have to face! |
All he believed in was a world where everyone lived happily together. Now, I ask you, is that so wrong? |
Famous People of Other Races
Latino Contributions
Che Guevara: Latino revolutionary
Cesar Chavez: activist
Frida Kahlo: Painter
Carlos Santana: Musician
Santiago Ramon y Cajal: Scientist who discovered the structure for the nervous system
American of African Descent Contributions
Martin Luther King Jr: civil rights activist
Thurgood Marshall: first Black Supreme Court Justice
Maya Angelou: poet, author, historian, singer and civil rights activist of African descent
Shirley Chisholm: first black woman elected to Congress
Alex Haley: Author of the award winning novel Roots
Quincy Jones: Music legend winning over 20 Grammy Awards
Sidney Poitier: first black actor to win an Oscar for his film Lilies of the Fields(1963)
Asian Contributions
Sessue Hayakawa: first Asian actor
Jerry Yang: Asian co-founder of Yahoo!
Connie Chung: American-bon Asian news reporter. I think she is so cool!!
Eric Shinseki: American-born Asian to get the role of Chief of Staff in the US Army
Jeremy Lin: American-born Asian member of New York Knicks basketball team
Sammy Lee: first American-born Asian American to win a Gold Olympic medal
Michael Chang: American-born Asian tennis player
Native American Contributions
Chief Joseph: chief of the Nez Perce tribe
Crazy Horse: activist, said "All we wanted was peace and to be left alone."
Leonard Peltier: activist who led the fight in the Pine Ridge Reservation incident
Red Cloud: Warrior who was considered one of the greatest leaders in the 19th century
Sitting Bull: Lakota Indian medicine man and chief
Steve Reevis: Native American actor
Tecumseh: Warrior for the Shawnee Tribe
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