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- 3. She has over 50 honorary degrees and was a celebrated poet, educator, actress, and civil rights activist
- 5. He did a lot of research that led to many discoveries that helped farmers. He is most known for inventing hundreds of new products that could be made from crops, especially peanuts
- 7. He opened the door of education to many people
- 8. He is known as one of the greatest Olympic Athletes of all time
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- 1. She devoted her life to the abolition (getting rid of) slavery
- 2. She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license
- 4. She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- 6. She was the first African American child to attend William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school