BIOGRAPHY

Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who made the first all-Spanish record to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

American football quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy at Auburn University and became an NFL MVP with the Carolina Panthers.

Romare Bearden is considered one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. He depicted aspects of Black culture in a Cubist style.

Ralph D. Abernathy was a Baptist minister who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.

Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan woman who spread her own interpretations of the Bible, leading to the Antinomian Controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Known as the “BTK” Killer—which stands for bind, torture, and kill—Dennis Rader murdered 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas area from 1974 to 1991, often leaving clues to taunt authorities.

With a handful of hits to his credit, singer Wayne Newton has spent more than six decades as one of Las Vegas’ most popular entertainers.

Edith Bouvier Beale (“Little Edie”) was an eccentric cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She became a cult figure and fashion icon after her appearance in the documentary ‘Grey Gardens.’

In 1960, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics.

Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for Black inventors with his patents, including those for an improved traffic light and a breathing device that preceded the World War I gas mask.