Full list of pre-approved heroes

Isabella Aiona Abbott - STEAM Hero - Ethnobotanist: Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott was a pioneering Native Hawaiian scientist who revolutionized marine botany and connected traditional knowledge with modern science.

‍Amos Bronson Alcott - STEAM Hero - Educator and Philosopher: Amos Bronson Alcott was a pioneering 19th-century teacher and thinker who championed progressive education, social reform, and transcendentalist ideals despite facing repeated personal and financial setbacks.

‍Mary Anning - STEAM Hero - Paleontologist: Mary Anning was a self-taught fossil hunter whose discoveries of ancient marine reptiles helped shape paleontology.

‍Virginia Apgar - STEAM Hero - Physician: Virginia Apgar was a groundbreaking doctor who created the Apgar Score, a simple test that has helped save millions of newborns by checking their health right after birth.

‍Katherine Buckner Avery - Civil Rights Hero - Public Health Nurse: Katherine Buckner Avery was a brave and caring nurse who made a difference by standing up for others during a time of racism and hardship.

‍Karl Ernst von Baer - STEAM Hero - Embryologist: Dr. Karl Ernst von Baer established the field of embryology, the study of how living things grow and develop from a tiny egg or seed into a fully formed baby, animal, or plant.

‍Emile Berliner - STEAM Hero - Inventor and Audio Pioneer: Emile Berliner, an inventor, developed innovations for recording and reproducing audio with the gramophone and disc records.

‍Mary Ann Bickerdyke - Wartime Hero - Civil War Nurse: Mary Ann Bickerdyke was a fearless Civil War nurse who saved thousands of lives by organizing hospitals and fighting for better care for soldiers.

‍Emily Newell Blair - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Emily Newell Blair was a pioneering political organizer and writer who fought for women’s suffrage and helped bring thousands of women into American politics and public service.

‍Norman Borlaug - STEAM Hero - Agriculturalist: Norman Borlaug, a plant scientist, increased global food production by developing ultra-resilient grains.

‍James Braidwood - STEAM Hero - Firefighter: James Braidwood was a pioneering fire chief who founded the first municipal fire department and revolutionized modern firefighting with lasting safety and rescue techniques.

‍Dorothy Buell - STEAM Hero - Environmental Activist: Dorothy Buell was a dedicated conservationist who led the fight to protect the Indiana Dunes, helping to establish them as a national park.

‍Eugene Wilson Caldwell - STEAM Hero - Engineer and Innovator: Eugene Wilson Caldwell was a visionary engineer and physician whose groundbreaking work in x-ray technology helped revolutionize medical imaging.

‍Elizabeth Catlett - Civil Rights Hero - Artist and Activist: Elizabeth Catlett was a groundbreaking artist and activist who used her sculptures and prints to celebrate Black identity and fight for social justice.

‍Eugenie Clark - STEAM Hero - Ichthyologist: Eugenie Clark was a pioneering scientist who broke gender barriers and made groundbreaking discoveries about sharks, transforming how we understand and protect ocean life.

‍Jerrie Cobb - STEAM Hero - Aviator: Jerrie Cobb was a record-breaking pilot who fought to become one of the first women considered for space travel.

‍Claudette Colvin - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: At 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat, helping end segregation.

‍Martin Couney - STEAM Hero - Medical Pioneer: Martin Couney saved over 6,000 premature babies by showcasing incubators at fairs and amusement parks, paving the way for modern neonatal care.

‍Will Counts - Civil Rights Hero - Photojournalist: Will Counts was influential in helping to desegregate American schools.

‍Emma Darling Cushman - Wartime Hero - Humanitarian Nurse: Emma Darling Cushman was a courageous nurse and missionary who saved thousands of Armenian orphans during World War I and dedicated her life to protecting vulnerable women and children.

‍Jonathan Daniels - Civil Rights Hero - Seminarian Activist: Jonathan Daniels was a white seminarian who gave his life to protect a young Black activist during the Civil Rights Movement.

‍Annie Bell Robinson Devine – Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Annie Bell Robinson Devine was a courageous civil rights activist who, after witnessing injustice firsthand, became a powerful voice for Black voting rights and equality.

‍Dion Diamond - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Dion Diamond is a lifelong activist whose courage and persistence helped challenge segregation and inspire future generations to speak out against injustice.

‍Charles Drew - STEAM Hero - Medical Researcher: Charles Drew, a surgeon and medical researcher, developed large-scale solutions for storing blood.

‍Gunnar Dybwad - Civil Rights Hero - Disability Advocate: Dr. Gunnar Dybwad was a pioneer in disability rights who spent his life fighting for justice, education, and dignity for people with developmental disabilities.

‍Sylvia Earle - STEAM Hero - Marine Biologist: Sylvia Earle is a renowned ocean explorer and scientist dedicated to protecting the ocean, named Time’s first Hero for the Planet in 1998.

‍Jane Elliott - Civil Rights Hero - Educator: Jane Elliott is an educator and activist known for her “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes” exercise that teaches about racism and discrimination.

‍Mitsuye Endo - Wartime Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Mitsuye Endo was a Japanese American woman whose legal fight helped end the unjust internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

‍Olaudah Equiano - Civil Rights Hero - Abolitionist and Author: Olaudah Equiano was active in the abolitionist movement in England.

‍James Reese Europe - Wartime Hero - Conductor: James Reese Europe was a groundbreaking Black composer, bandleader, and World War I officer who helped shape American music and championed equality for Black musicians.

‍Sidney Farber - STEAM Hero - Pathologist: Sidney Farber was a visionary physician and researcher whose breakthroughs in childhood leukemia treatment changed medicine and saved countless lives.

‍Barbara Fassbinder - Civil Rights Hero - Nurse and AIDS Activist: Barbara Fassbinder was a caring nurse and a strong advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness.

‍Caroline Ferriday - Wartime Hero - Humanitarian: Caroline Ferriday was an American humanitarian who dedicated her life to supporting survivors of Nazi camps, bringing them medical care, hope, and justice.

‍Autherine Lucy Foster - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Autherine Lucy Foster was a civil rights pioneer who stood up against racial discrimination in education.

‍Terry Fox - STEAM Hero - Athlete and Humanitarian: Terry fox was an athlete and activist whose Marathon of Hope captured Canada’s attention and raised funds for cancer research. 

‍Therese Frare - STEAM Hero - Photojournalist: Therese Frare is a photojournalist whose powerful image of David Kirby’s death became an iconic symbol of the human cost of AIDS.

‍Varian Fry - Wartime Hero - Journalist: Varian Fry was a courageous journalist who risked his life to rescue more than 2,000 people from Nazi-occupied France.

‍Sarah Bradlee Fulton - Wartime Hero – American Revolutionary: Sarah Bradlee Fulton was a fearless patriot who helped spark revolution and supported the fight for freedom through daring acts of courage and service.

‍Guy Gabaldon - Wartime Hero – Marine Scout: Guy Gabaldon was a Marine who turned his unique background and courage into a powerful tool for peace, showing that words could save more lives than weapons.

‍Kadambini Ganguly - Civil Rights Hero - Physician: Dr. Kadambini Bose Ganguly was the first Indian woman trained in Western medicine to practice as a doctor in India.

‍Matylda Getter - Wartime Hero – Catholic Nun and Social Worker: During World War II, Matylda Getter risked her life and led the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary in rescuing between 250 and 550 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.

‍Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk - Wartime Hero - Caregiver: Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk was a Dutch-Jewish resistance fighter whose bravery as a teenager saved 600 Jewish children from the Holocaust by secretly moving them from a nursery in Amsterdam to safety.

‍Elizabeth Jennings Graham - Civil Rights Hero - Teacher: Elizabeth Jennings Graham was a fearless educator whose refusal to accept discrimination sparked one of the first victories against segregation in New York City.

‍Christine Grant - Civil Rights Hero - Coach and Women's Rights Activist: Dr. Christine Grant was a pioneer for women’s sports and a national leader in the fight for gender equality in athletics.

‍Kim Hak-Sun - Civil Rights Hero - Human Rights Activist: Kim Hak-sun spoke publicly about human rights violations occurring in World War II.

‍Gail Halvorsen - Wartime Hero - Pilot: Colonel Gail Halvorsen was a U.S. Air Force pilot who became famous during the Berlin Airlift for dropping candy to children trapped in the Soviet blockade.

‍Alice Seeley Harris - Civil Rights Hero - Photojournalist: Alice Seeley Harris was a missionary and pioneering photographer who risked her safety to reveal injustice and fight for the dignity of the Congolese people.

Cordelia Harvey - Wartime Hero - Civil War Nurse: Cordelia Harvey, Wisconsin’s First Lady for only 94 days, devoted her life to helping wounded soldiers and orphans during and after the Civil War.

‍Bela Ya’ari Hazan - Wartime Hero - Resistance Courier: Bela Hazan was courier for the Jewish resistance in Poland during World War II.

‍Douglas Hegdahl - Wartime Hero - Navy Sailor: Douglas Hegdahl was a clever and courageous Navy sailor whose memory and bravery helped rescue and protect hundreds of American prisoners of war.

‍Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga - Civil Rights Hero - Activist: Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was a pivotal figure in the Japanese American Redress Movement.

‍Judy Heumann - Civil Rights Hero - Disability Rights Activist: Judy Heumann was an activist and leader in the disability rights movement.

‍Hiawatha - Wartime Hero - Peacemaker: Hiawatha, a Precolonial Onondaga Chief, co-founded the Haudenosaunee.

‍Andrew Jackson Higgins - Wartime Hero - Boat Builder: Andrew Jackson Higgins was an inventive boat builder whose designs gave the Allies the tools they needed to win World War II.

‍Maurice Hilleman - STEAM Hero - Microbiologist: Maurice Hilleman was a determined microbiologist whose vaccines shaped modern medicine and saved countless lives.

‍Lewis Hine - Civil Rights Hero - Photographer: Lewis Hine used his camera to expose the harsh realities of child labor and immigrant life in early 20th-century America.

‍Ann Hopkins - Civil Rights Hero - Business Manager and Accountant: Ann Hopkins was a courageous woman who stood up against workplace injustice and changed the law to protect countless others from discrimination.

‍Oscar Howe - STEAM Hero - Artist and Educator: Oscar Howe was a modernist painter and arts educator who challenged art institutions’ preconceptions about Native American artwork.

‍Samuel Gridley Howe - Civil Rights Hero - Physician and Abolitionist: Samuel Gridley Howe was a reformer who worked to improve education for people with disabilities and dedicated himself to the fight against slavery.

‍Tran Ngoc Hue - Wartime Hero - Soldier: Captain Tran Ngoc Hue was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who bravely defended his city during the Tet Offensive in 1968.

‍T.J. Jemison - Civil Rights Hero - Pastor & Activist: Rev. T. J. Jemison was a pastor and civil rights leader who organized the first large-scale bus boycott against segregation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1953.

Jigonhsasee - Wartime Hero - Jigonhsasee was a respected Iroquois woman whose guidance and hospitality made her a key figure in uniting the five nations and the establishment of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

‍Gareth Jones - Wartime Hero - Journalist: Gareth Jones was a Welsh journalist who bravely exposed the hidden famine in Ukraine in the 1930s, known as the Holodomor.

‍Andrée de Jongh - Wartime Hero - Resistance Organizer: Andrée de Jongh was a Belgian nurse who organized the Comet Line, a secret network that helped hundreds of Allied soldiers escape Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.

‍Ernest Everett Just - STEAM Hero - Biologist: Ernest Everett Just was a pioneering scientist whose discoveries about cell membranes and fertilization reshaped biology and overcame barriers of racial injustice.

‍Florence Kelley - Civil Rights Hero - Activist: Florence Kelley dedicated her life to improving working conditions, fighting child labor, and promoting workers’ rights.

‍Frances Kelsey - STEAM Hero - Pharmacologist: Frances Kelsey was a Canadian-born pharmacologist who, as a new employee at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1960, protected public health by standing firm against corporate pressure.

‍Jane Kendeigh - Wartime Hero - Nurse: Jane Kendeigh was the first U.S. Navy flight nurse to appear on an active battlefield in the Pacific.

‍Pearl Kendrick - STEAM Hero - Bacteriologist: Pearl Kendrick was a pioneering scientist whose research led to the creation of the first effective whooping cough vaccine, saving thousands of children’s lives.

‍Noor Inayat Khan - Wartime Hero - Secret Agent: Noor Inayat Khan was a World War II secret agent who became the first female wireless operator sent into Nazi-occupied France.

‍Horace King - STEAM Hero - Builder-Architect: Horace King was a visionary builder whose skill, perseverance, and leadership turned him from an enslaved man into a celebrated architect and public servant.

‍Marek Kotanski - STEAM Hero - Social Activist: Marek Kotański was a psychologist, therapist, and social activist who transformed support for people struggling with addiction, homelessness, HIV, and social exclusion.

‍Sofia Kovalevskaya - STEAM Hero - Mathematician: Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate in mathematics and later became a professor at Stockholm University.

‍Agnes Láckovič - Wartime Hero - Spy: Agnes Lackovic was a young girl from Czechoslovakia who became a spy during World War II risking her life to resist the Nazis and protect others.

‍Hedy Lamarr - Wartime Hero – Actress and Inventor: Hedy Lamarr combined creativity, intelligence, and bravery to innovate life-saving military radio technology while captivating audiences as a Hollywood star.

‍Dorothea Lange - STEAM Hero - Photojournalist: Dorothea Lange used her camera to capture the struggles of everyday people during the Great Depression and beyond, creating photographs that stirred empathy and action.

‍Ralph Lazo - Wartime Hero - Solidarity Activist: Ralph Lazo was a Mexican American teenager who chose to live in the Manzanar internment camp during World War II in solidarity with his Japanese American friends.

‍Eugene Lazowski - Wartime Hero - Physician: Dr. Eugene Łazowski was a Polish physician who used medical science and creativity to save over 8,000 people during World War II.

‍Henrietta Swan Leavitt - STEAM Hero - Astronomer: Henrietta Leavitt was a brilliant and determined astronomer whose groundbreaking discovery allowed humanity to understand the true scale of the universe.

‍Corky Lee - Civil Rights Hero - Photographer Activist: Corky Lee was a Chinese American photographer who used his camera to highlight Asian American lives, struggles, and achievements that were often overlooked.

‍Justus von Liebig – STEAM Hero - Agricultural Chemist: Justus von Liebig was a German chemist who revolutionized agriculture and education by founding modern organic chemistry and inventing the first nitrogen-based fertilizer.

‍John Lomax - STEAM Hero - Musicologist: John Avery Lomax was a passionate folklorist whose efforts safeguarded America’s folk traditions for future generations.

‍Curt Lowens – Wartime Hero - Humanitarian: Curt Lowens was a courageous Holocaust survivor, resistance fighter, and actor who dedicated his life to saving others and sharing stories through the arts.

‍Katherine Lum - Civil Rights Hero - Advocate: Katherine Lum was a determined mother who challenged racial discrimination in education and inspired future movements for equal rights.

‍Clara Luper - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist and Educator: Clara Luper was a courageous teacher and civil rights activist who dedicated her life to ending segregation and empowering young people.

‍Julius Madritsch - Wartime Hero - Businessman: Julius Madritsch was a brave and compassionate man who used his position and skills to protect Jewish lives during World War II.

‍William D. Matthews - Civil Rights Hero - Soldier & Activist: William D. Matthews was a fearless abolitionist, Civil War officer, and community leader dedicated to creating freedom and equality for African Americans.

‍Aristides de Sousa Mendes - Wartime Hero - Diplomat: Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a courageous diplomat who risked everything to save tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust.

‍Sylvia Mendez - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: As a young girl, Sylvia Mendez played a pivotal role in school desegregation.

Meva Mikusz - Wartime Hero - Rescuer: At only 15 years old, Maria “Meva” Mikusz risked her life to rescue a two-year-old Jewish girl, Inka, from the Czortkow Ghetto during World War II.

‍Inez Milholland - Civil Rights Hero - Suffragette: Inez Milholland was a lawyer, activist, and suffragist who fought tirelessly for women’s right to vote.

‍Lilla Day Monroe - Civil Rights Hero - Lawyer: Lilla Day Monroe was an American lawyer, suffragist, and pioneer whose work shaped both Kansas history and women’s rights across the nation.

‍William Lewis Moore - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: William Lewis Moore was a courageous civil rights activist who stood up against segregation by marching alone and delivering powerful letters calling for equality. 

‍Irene Morgan - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Irene Morgan was a courageous woman whose refusal to give up her seat challenged segregation laws and changed the course of American history.

‍Pauli Murray - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: Pauli Murray was a lawyer, activist, priest, and poet who fought against both racism and sexism, paving the way for civil rights and women’s rights.

‍Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi - STEAM Hero - Mathematician: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose groundbreaking work in algebra and algorithms shaped modern mathematics and science.

‍Rosli Naf - Wartime Hero - Nurse: Rosli Näf was a Swiss nurse whose courage during World War II saved dozens of Jewish children from Nazi persecution.

‍Eileen Nearne - Wartime Hero - Secret Agent: Eileen Nearne was a British secret agent during World War II who risked her life as a wireless operator in Nazi-occupied France.

‍Chester Nez - Wartime Hero - Navajo Code Talker, World War II: Chester Nez helped develop an encrypted communication system for the U.S. military.

‍Jan Opletal – Wartime Hero - Student: Jan Opletal was a Czech medical student who became a symbol of resistance against Nazi occupation.

‍Jackie Ormes - Civil Rights Hero - Cartoonist: Jackie Ormes was the first African American woman with a nationally published comic strip.

‍Emmeline Pankhurst - Civil Rights Hero - British Suffragette: Emmeline Pankhurst dedicated her life to achieving voting rights and equality for women, facing arrest, hunger strikes, and public criticism along the way.

‍Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin - STEAM Hero - Astronomer: Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered the composition of stars.

‍Carla Peperzak - Wartime Hero - Wartime Rescuer: Carla Peperzak is a speaker and Holocaust Survivor who was a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II.

‍Frances Perkins - Civil Rights Hero - Secretary of Labor: Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a U.S. president’s cabinet, becoming Secretary of Labor under Franklin D. Roosevelt.

‍Susan La Flesche Picotte - Civil Rights Hero - Medical Doctor: Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Native American to earn a medical degree in the United States.

‍Witold Pilecki - Wartime Hero - Polish Intelligence Officer: Witold Pilecki was a Polish resistance fighter who voluntarily entered Auschwitz to report on Nazi crimes and organize secret resistance inside the camp.

‍Eliza Potter - Wartime Hero - Hairdresser and Writer: Eliza Potter was a courageous and resourceful Black businesswoman who used her success and unique position to aid others and challenge injustice.

‍Jean Purdy - STEAM Hero - Embryologist: Jean Purdy was a British nurse and embryologist who played a central role in creating the world’s first successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF) baby.

‍Kendall Reinhardt - Civil Rights Hero - Student Activist: Ken Reinhardt was a white student at Little Rock Central High School in 1957 who chose to treat the Little Rock Nine with kindness and dignity when most others turned their backs.

Bernice Sandler - Civil Rights Hero - Women's Rights Activist: Bernice Sandler was a determined leader whose fight for equal opportunities changed education in America forever.

‍Abdol Hossein Sardari - Wartime Hero - Diplomat: Abdol Hossein Sardari helped save the lives of thousands of Jewish people during World War II.

‍Irena Sendler - Wartime Hero - Social Worker: Irena Sendler saved the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust.

‍Elizabeth Horton Sheff - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Leader: Elizabeth Horton Sheff is a civil rights leader who fought for equal education in Connecticut through the landmark case Sheff v. O’Neill.

‍Adam Shoemaker - Civil Rights Hero - Adam Shoemaker was a courageous preacher and teacher whose commitment to abolition helped shape Abraham Lincoln’s vision of freedom.

‍Gene Shoemaker - STEAM Hero - Planetary Geologist: Gene Shoemaker was a pioneering planetary geologist who founded the field of astrogeology and trained Apollo astronauts to explore the Moon.

‍Oleksandra Shulezhko - Wartime Hero -Teacher: Oleksandra Shulezhko was a Ukrainian teacher who risked her life to shelter and protect children during the Holocaust.

‍John Snow - STEAM Hero - Physician: John Snow, a British physician, investigated the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak and proved that contaminated water, not bad air, was spreading the disease.

‍Walter Sommers - Civil Rights Hero - Holocaust Educator: Walter Sommers was a Holocaust survivor, U.S. Army veteran, and educator who devoted his life to justice, equality, and teaching future generations about the dangers of hatred.

‍Lutie Stearns - STEAM Hero - Librarian: Lutie Eugenia Stearns was a pioneering librarian who believed books should be free and accessible to all, creating traveling libraries, fighting for children’s right to borrow books, and leading efforts in literacy, women’s rights, and community reform.

‍Recha Sternbuch - Wartime Hero - Humanitarian: Recha Sternbuch was a courageous humanitarian who dedicated her life to rescuing Jewish people from Nazi persecution.

‍Anna Smith Strong - Wartime Hero - American Revolutionary: Anna Smith Strong was a member of General George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring.

‍Roy Stryker - STEAM Hero - Economist: Roy Stryker was a visionary leader who used the power of photography to tell America’s story and give voice to people often overlooked during the Great Depression and World War II.

‍Helen Taussig - STEAM Hero - Pediatric Cardiologist: Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig was the founder of pediatric cardiology.

‍Marie Tharp - STEAM Hero - Oceanic Cartographer: Marie Tharp was a pioneer who revealed the hidden landscapes of the ocean floor and transformed geology forever.

‍Vivien Thomas - STEAM Hero - Surgeon: Vivien Thomas was instrumental in curing “blue baby syndrome.”

‍Jacob Valentine II - STEAM Hero - Environmental Activist: Jake Valentine dedicated his life to protecting endangered species, most famously the Mississippi sandhill crane.

‍Raoul Wallenberg - Wartime Hero - Fearless Diplomat: Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, saved tens of thousands of Jews in Hungary during World War II. World War II.

‍Sheyann Webb - Civil Rights Hero - Civil Rights Activist: As an adolescent, Sheyann Webb advocated for Black voting rights in America.

‍Pavel Weiner - Wartime Hero - Holocaust Survivor and Chronicler: As a boy, Pavel Weiner helped others survive the Holocaust through his secret diaries.

‍Carl Wilkens - Wartime Hero - American Missionary: Carl Wilkens risked his life to protect Rwandan children and families during the genocide when others fled.

‍Elizabeth "Tex" Williams - Wartime Hero - Photographer: Tex Williams was a pioneering military photographer who used her camera to capture overlooked stories and open doors for women and African Americans in her field.

‍Frances B. Williams - Civil Rights Hero - Community Advocate: Frances Williams was a courageous mother and advocate who stood up for justice and worked to reopen Little Rock’s public schools in the face of fear and opposition.

‍Robert R. Williams - STEAM Hero - Research Chemist: Robert R. Williams discovered thiamin, cured beriberi, and worked to enrich foods.

‍Maurice Willows - Civil Rights Hero - Relief Worker: Maurice Willows was a Red Cross leader who organized emergency relief for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

‍L. Alex Wilson - Civil Rights Hero - Journalist: Alex Wilson was a fearless reporter whose writing and actions challenged racism and helped shape the fight for civil rights.

‍Nicholas Winton - Wartime Hero – Stockbroker: Sir Nicholas Winton rescued hundreds of Jewish children during World War II.

‍Minoru Yasui - Wartime Hero - Attorney: Minoru Yasui was a Japanese American lawyer who bravely challenged discriminatory laws during World War II.