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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African
American educator, historian, sociologist, and social activist
who poignantly addressed the issues of racial discrimination,
black social problems, Courtesy of Visual Materials from
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People Records, Prints and Photographs Division, Library
of Congress W. E. B. Du Bois and world peace during the
first half of the twentieth century read
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http://www.xtraordinarypeople.com/celebrity/16/Will-Smith/
Will Smith was born Willard Christopher Smith Jr on September
25th, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Overbrook
High School in Winfield Pennsylvania, which is where he
soon became known to his friends as “The Prince,” for
his charming antics. Little did he know that this nickname
would still have meaning over 30 years later read
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www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/about/baker.html
First Lieutenant Vernon J. Baker Citation:
For extraordinary heroism in action on 5 and 6 April 1945,
near Viareggio, Italy. Then Second Lieutenant Baker demonstrated
outstanding courage and leadership in destroying enemy
installations, personnel and equipment during his company's
attack against a strongly entrenched enemy in mountainous
terrain. When his company was stopped by the read
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http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/s_wilson_profile.html
After graduating from Harvard in 1988, Wilson worked for
2 years for the former Martin Marietta Astronautics Group
in Denver, Colorado. As a Loads and Dynamics engineer for
Titan IV, Wilson was responsible for performing coupled
loads analyses for the launch vehicle and payloads during
flight events. Wilson left Martin Marietta in 1990 to attend
graduate school at the University of Texas. Her research
focused on read
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