… men who accomplished amazing things to help the civil rights movement during the period of 1877 to 1915. Washington believed that in order to achieve equality with white people, they needed to prove that they are able to by getting practical jobs.…

… April 25, 1874, son of Giuseppe Marconi and Annie Jameson. He was educated both publicly and privately. Even as a little boy he took an interest in physical and electrical science and studied the works of Maxwell, Hertz, Righi, Lodge and others. In 1895…

… 4, 1925, in the small town of Mundare in northern Alberta, Canada. He was educated in a small elementary school and high school in one, with minimal resources, yet a remarkable success rate. After high school, he worked for one summer filling…

… way". This quote is in the words of one of the most caring that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them and devoted ladies of our time. This lady is known to us as Diana, Princess of Wales. Princess…

… and Ireland from 1558 to 1603. She preserved firmness in a nation rent by political and religious dissension and maintained the authority of the Crown against the growing pressures of Parliament. Became on of the few queens to die a virgin. Born…

… Defend our Natural Resources! These would all be sentences frequently heard from Henry David Thoreau in modern America. He would also maintain a career and offside activities. Henry David Thoreau, in modern America, would be an activist and writer;…

… and poetry, John Cage, 78, is a living legend. Cage's biography reads like a 20th century history of the avant garde in America. Born in California and a longtime resident of Manhattan, Cage became curious about experimental writing and music early…

… and explorer. He was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He Died on May 20, 1506. Columbus was known as the first European to successfully sail to the Americas. On August 3, 1492 he Embarked with three ships (the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa…

… and Jean Jacques Rousseau(1712-1770) each provide their own distinctive social thought. Smith, political economist and moral philosopher, is regarded as the father of modern economics. Rousseau, a Franco-Swiss social and political philosopher,…

… Italian artist, Tiziano Vecellio, was born. Over the centuries, there has been a great deal of confusion concerning the date, due to a misprint in his biography by sixteenth century art historian, Girgio Vasari. Vasari recorded the date as 1480, but…