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USA

Hall of Fame

STARSOFTHESTATES

Frompoliticianstomusicians,topeoplewhowerejust doing what they believed

in, there’sanillustriouslistofmenandwomenborninthe land of thefree
JESSE Owens During World War I,
OWENS struggled for asked Edison to submit
the US government
ALABAMA money after the military inventions
1913-80 Olympics so earned
Anatural
athlete from some extra cash racing
averyyoung horse d
age, Jesse
Owens broke and
school records moto
with ease. His
talents on the track
didnotgounnoticed,andby1935,
was creating new world records at
Ten Championships. The next year
hismostfamousmoment,the1936
Berlin Olympics. Held in the capita
Nazi Germany, Owens shocked the
hierarchy and all that they believed
As well as being an securing four gold medals in athlet
incredible athlete,
Owens became an disbelieving Führer watched on.
inspirational speaker
in later life
“I ld lik to be remembere
ho wanted to be fr
ople would be also

Elvis
ROSA PARKS ALABAMA 1913-2005 Presley
Residing in the city of Montgomery, Rosa Parks MISSISSIPP
was exposed to racial segregation from a young Born in Mi
age. She lived in the city at a time when the Ku moving to
Klux Klan burned down black schools and youth, Elvi
churches. She soon joined the NAACP, influenced
and after many shows of defiance music. Sign
against segregation, her most famous 1954, Elvis
moment came in 1955. Refusing to Heartbreak Elvis never
give up her seat on a full bus, she one single
was arrested and forced to pay a $10 career was played a concert
fine. The black community rallied On his retu outside of North
around her and organised the 381- as Suspicio America
day Montgomery Bus Boycott in began to s
After the boycott, response. She was honoured drug probl
Parks became an with the Congressional Gold in 1977. Hi
icon in the fight for
civil rights Medal later in life. a legion of
this day.
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