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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Asante used five factors in establishing the list: "significance in the general progress of African-Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system" "self-sacrifice and a willingness to take great risks for the collective good" "unusual will and determination in the face of great danger and against the most stubborn odds"
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, a 1978 book; 100 Greatest Britons, a BBC series about historical figures from the United Kingdom; Great South Africans, a South African TV series to determine the "100 Greatest South Africans" Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the American world
Name Born Died Country Notes George Mason: 1725 1792 United States: wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influenced the United States Bill of Rights: Thomas Paine: 1737 1809 United States: English-American activist, author, theorist, wrote Rights of Man: Elizabeth Freeman: 1744 1829 United States
Joseph Warren † an American physician who played a leading role in American Patriot organizations in Boston in the early days of the American Revolution, eventually serving as President of the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Warren enlisted Paul Revere and William Dawes on April 18, 1775, to leave Boston and spread the alarm ...
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
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Slavery in the colonial history of the US; Revolutionary War; Antebellum period; Slavery and military history during the Civil War; Reconstruction era. Politicians; Juneteenth; Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement; Post–civil rights era; Aspects; Agriculture ...