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Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the NAACP and an early advocate for civil rights and the suffrage movement.

Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress who had a 60-year career in film and television, best known for her strong female roles in films, such as Double Indemnity.

Actor Maya Hawke has followed in the steps of her Hollywood heavyweight parents, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She is best known for her role on the TV show Stranger Things.

East Coast rapper Nas made it big with albums ‘Illmatic’ (1994), ‘It Was Written’ (1996) and ‘Stillmatic’ (2001).

Lyle Menendez and his younger brother, Erik, are serving life in prison for murdering their parents in 1989.

Musical rebel Waylon Jennings is best remembered for helping to popularize the grittier and more rock-influenced genre known as outlaw country music.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa is known for such songs as “Say Yeah,” “Black and Yellow” and “See You Again.”

Viewed as the “King of Ragtime,” Scott Joplin was the foremost composer of the genre in the early 20th century, known for works like “The Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer.”

Richard Burton was a highly regarded Welsh actor of stage and screen. He earned seven Oscar nominations and was married twice to actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Grammy Award-winning singer George Michael was one of the leading pop stars of the 1980s and 1990s. His 1987 album ‘Faith’ won a Grammy for best album of the year.