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Althea Gibson, 1950s
Althea Gibson had made her historic debut as the first African American woman to play at Wimbledon.
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Rosa Parks, 1950s
Back in the '50s, the rule in Montgomery, Alabama, was that if a bus became full, the seats at the front would be given to white passengers. Parks, a leader in the local NAACP and the civil rights movement, iconically refused to give up her seat. She was a representative of Black community and she wanted that the blacks should get their rights back.
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Queen Elizabeth II, 1950s
After the death of her father King George VI, Elizabeth became Queen on February 6, 1952.She is Britain’s longest reigning monarch to date, and she’s made numerous changes to the monarchy during her rule.
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Anne Frank, 1940s
Frank was a young Jewish girl who died in a concentration camp in 1945. Her father, Otto Frank, escaped and published his daughter's famous diaryin1947, which was her book diary of a young girl.
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Amelia Earhart, 1920s
In 1928, Earhart was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic ocean. She was also the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license.
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