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Adams, John, 64 Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 102
Addams, Jane, 10–11, 79 D-day, 42–43
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), 89, 109 Declaration of Independence, 47, 64–65, 71, 82, 88, 102,
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, 103, 110, 111 114
Allied forces, 42–43 determination, 8, 16, 19, 24, 33, 61, 68, 70, 74, 86, 87,
American Civil War, 14–15, 35 96, 98–99, 124, 129
American Red Cross, 14–15, 19 Discovery, 50
Anderson, Marian, 102–103 Disney, Walt, 30–31
Anthony, Susan B., 12–13 Dix, Dorothea, 32–33
Antietam, Battle of, 14 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, 91
Articles of Confederation, 112 Douglass, Frederick, 34–35
atomic bomb, 40–41
Auschwitz concentration camp, 122 Edelman, Marian Wright, 36–37
Axis powers, 42 Edison, Thomas Alva, 38–39
Einstein, Albert, 40–41
Bank of China, Hong Kong, 94 Eisenhower, Dwight D. ”Ike,” 42–43, 109
Barton, Clara, 14–15 Eisenhower Interstate System, 43
baseball, 13, 28, 98–99 Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 79, 123
Bedell, Grace, 74 Emancipation Proclamation, 35
Begin, Menachem, 22 Emhoff, Douglas, 55
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial,
Philadelphia, 47 Fauci, Anthony, 8, 44–45
Berlin Wall, 97 Franklin, Benjamin, 46–47
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 16–17, 62 Franklin Court, 47
Bethune-Cookman College, 16–17 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, 105
Biden, Joe, 44, 52–53, 55 Franklin Institute, 47
Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 86 Franklin Museum, 47
Birmingham, AL, 70, 102 Franklin Print Shop, 47
Blackwell, Elizabeth, 18–19 French and Indian War, 120
Boycott Grapes campaign, 26 Friendship 7, 50
Brandenburg Gate, 97
Brooklyn Dodgers, 98–99 Geneva Medical College, 18
Buchenwald concentration camp, 122 George C. Marshall Foundation, 79
Bush, George H. W., 94 Gettysburg Address, 74
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 48–49
cancer research, 109–111 Glenn, John, 50–51
Carson, Rachel, 20–21 Gopalan, Shyamala, 54
Carter, Jimmy, 8, 22–23, 79 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 96–97
Carter Center, 23 Gorman, Amanda, 52–53
Carver, George Washington, 24–25 Grand Ole Opry, 90
cerebral palsy, 60 Great Depression, 30, 62, 102, 104
Chavez, Cesar, 26–27 Great Smoky Mountains, 90
Chicago Bears, 92
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), 36–37 Habitat for Humanity, 22
Clark, William, 72–73 Harlem Renaissance, 62
Clemente, Roberto, 28–29, 103 Harris, Kamala, 52, 54–55
Clinton, Bill, 48 Harrison, William Henry, 113
Cold War, 41, 43, 96–97 Harvard Law School, 48
Constitution of the United States, 12, 13, 21, 35, 47, 85, Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) for DeafBlind
88, 103, 112, 120, 121 Youths and Adults, 69
COVID-19, 44–45, 52, 77, 91, 109 Herrington, John, 56–57
Crazy Horse, 113 Hershey, Kitty, 58–59

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