Biographies Chapters

We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.

Mary continues to protest and is hanged, but her death leads to reforms in the religious laws.

Abraham Marries

In June 1970, Brashear becomes the first black Master Diver, which is the highest position in the diving community.

Read a poem about the life of Matthew Gwaltney, a 24 year-old second year Masters student in Environmental Engineering.

While Princess Bernice Bishop is last member ofthe real Kamehameha dynasty, Matt King is the fictional heir.

Read a poem about the life of Matt La Porte, a 20 year-old freshman in Political Science.

Schreck (which literally means "fright"), is the brilliant, creepy actor who brings Nosferatu to life.

A white man fatally shoots Medgar Evers because he works for the NAACP and is trying to gain equal rights for blacks.

Although not the most important, King Tut is the most famous pharaoh. His mummy is maintained at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Twenty-nine Navajos enter the Marines to become code talkers in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

Learn more about eleven of the Red Tail pilots.

By 1932, Melvin Purvis is Special-Agent-in-Charge of the FBI in Chicago with the primary job of catching Dillinger.

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