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Old 02-28-2010, 12:57 PM
 
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Sir William Arthur Lewis (January 23, 1915– June 15, 1991) was a Saint Lucian economist well known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979 he won the Nobel Prize in Economics

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:07 PM
 
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Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:11 PM
 
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Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya) is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica College

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:18 PM
 
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Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a Caribbean poet, playwright, writer and visual artist. Born in Castries, Saint Lucia[1], he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:30 PM
 
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Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) was a leading abolitionist. He was a free black tradesman who operated a dry-cleaning business in New York City, New York and was the first African American to be granted a patent

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:35 PM
 
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NASA Astronaut
Status Retired
Born October 17, 1956
(1956-10-17)
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Decatur, Alabama
Other occupationMedical Doctor
Time in space190 h 30 min 23 s
Selection1987 NASA Group
MissionsSTS-47
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Old 02-28-2010, 01:42 PM
 
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John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, and political activist

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:47 PM
 
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Alexander Lucius Twilight (1795-1857), born free in Vermont, was the first black to earn a bachelor's degree from an American college or university upon graduating Middlebury College in 1823

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:50 PM
 
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Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927–April 3, 1996) was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

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Old 02-28-2010, 01:53 PM
 
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Thomas J. "Tom" Bradley (December 29, 1917 – September 29, 1998) was a five-term mayor of Los Angeles, California, serving in that office from 1973 to 1993

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