BIOGRAPHY

Julian Assange came to international attention as the founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

According to legend, Betsy Ross made the first American flag. Despite a lack of credible evidence to support this, she remains an icon of American history.

American actress Eva Mendes is known for movies such as ‘Training Day,’ ‘Hitch’ and ‘The Place Beyond the Pines.’ She is also a designer and has two children with actor Ryan Gosling.

Claudette Colvin is an activist who was a pioneer in the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1950s. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks’ more famous protest.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott that eventually ended racial segregation on public transportation.

James Harden has won three NBA scoring titles and is one of the league’s best shooters of all time, ranking third in career 3-point field goals. He plays for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Billionaire media executive and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is best known for hosting her internationally popular talk show from 1986 to 2011. From there, she launched her television network, OWN.

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who explored Central America, overthrew Montezuma and his vast Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.

Track and field star Alice Coachman made history at the 1948 Olympic Games, becoming the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

Olympic track athlete Sha’Carri Richardson holds the world record in the women’s 100-meter dash and is known for her bold fashion choices.