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Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He was Assassinated April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray. He was married and had four children. Martin luther King Jr accomplished a lot in his life. In 1964 Martin won the nobel peace prize for his peaceful resistance to segregation in America. Ever since 1986 after his death he was awarded a day. During his life he has done lot of peaceful protests. On August 28, 1963 he gave his famous “I had a dream” speech at the Lincoln memorial which ended racism. Martin Luther King Jr risked his life and other people's life by all the speeches he did and the protest he did. He also risked the future of african americans. …show more content…

He risked his family's life to by being related. He died for his cause he died on a hotel balcony and James earl Ray shot him with a sniper and killed him. People tried to hurt him or killed him, b cause they didn't like the fact that black people were getting the rights that they deserved. I chose Martin Luther King Jr in my hall of fame, because he really changed the world and really stood up for what he believed in. Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was born on January 31 1919 in Cairo GA. He died on October 24 1972. He was married to Rachel Robinson and had 3 children. He played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers as number 42 and played first baseman, second baseman, and was an infielder. Jackie grew up in a large single parent family. When Jackie was in high school he won a varsity letter in four sports baseball, basketball, football, and track. No one has …show more content…

Wilbur Wright was born in 1867 and died 1912. They are four years apart in age. Wilbur Wright was a bright child who excelled very well in school. He was outgoing and up lifting. And had planned to go to Yale for college. But could not go, because of a hockey accident. He became very depressed, he felt like his life was nothing and that he failed. But in 1889’the Wright brother met up again and started up their own newspaper. Then in 1892 they opened a bike store, where they would fix and sell their own bikes. Both parent died before they could see their sons be an accomplishment. Wilbur and Orville created the first successful airplane in 1903. The plane flew for 59 seconds and got to 852 feet. In 1908 they flew their plane in France in front of potential buyers. That is when everyone started to take an interest in planes. In 1892 when they had bike jobs, they created their own bikes. The Wright brothers faced a lot of risks. One risk was their lives they could have died testing and making the plane. They also risked the future of planes and air transportation, because what if they messed up. They faced many obstacles and still made a plan. They risked their dignities and popularity, because people said they couldn't do it and thought they were weird and crazy for trying to make a

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