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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 National Garden of American Heroes is a proposed sculpture garden honoring "great figures of America's history". [1] The concept was first put forward by President Donald Trump in 2020 during an Independence Day event in Keystone, South Dakota .
The following men and women are also recognized for the notable contributions they made during the founding era: Ethan Allen, military leader and founder of Vermont. [89] [52] Richard Allen, African-American bishop, founder of the Free African Society and the African Methodist Episcopal Church [90]
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not recognize.
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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.
Hero (masculine) and heroine (feminine) refer to people or characters that, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self-sacrifice, that is, heroism, for some greater good
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