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Tom Loftin Johnson Tom Loftin Johnson
Tom Loftin Johnson American entrepreneur and politician Tom Loftin Johnson (1854-1911) made a fortune from his inventions and investments, then began a second, distinguished career as a reform congressman and mayor. Tom L. Johnson was born at Blue Spring, Ky., on July 18, 1854. During the... Read more
Hiram Leong Fong Hiram Leong Fong
Hiram Leong Fong The son of immigrant plantation laborers, Hiram L. Fong (born 1907) became a self-made millionaire and the first person of Chinese descent to serve in the United States Congress. Hiram L. Fong capped a life spent blazing trails when he was sworn in as Hawaii's first United... Read more
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Johann Deisenhofer Biochemist and biophysicist Johann Deisenhofer (born 1943) devised a way to use X-ray technology to map the chemical reactions central to plant photosynthesis, earning him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1988. Deisenhofer has spent his career investigating the design and... Read more
Donald H. Barden Donald H. Barden
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John Robert Lewis John Robert Lewis (born 1940), a veteran of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives by the citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1986. John R. Lewis, a native of Troy, Alabama, first achieved national attention while he was... Read more
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Edmonia Lewis Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis American sculptor Edmonia Lewis (c. 1840-c. 1909), of African-American and Native American back ground, overcame tremendous odds and the effects of a terrorist attack she survived as a young woman to become a successful artist working in Rome, Italy. Long forgotten, Lewis's... Read more

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