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History's Heroes
Lives, ideas, actions, and legacies in historical context
A monthly examination of individuals whose lives, ideas, actions, or work illuminate larger historical questions.
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Frederick Douglass: Liberty's Hero
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass: Liberty's Hero
Frederick Douglass was devoted to self-improvement. He absorbed books and newspapers, particularly The Liberator, an abolitionist paper. Douglass read The Liberator at work by sticking it on the wall of the blacksmith shop where he …
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Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler: An Unexpected Hero
By the end of the war, Schindler had spent his entire fortune on bribes and black market purchases of supplies for his workers.
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Ron Paul
Ron Paul: A True Statesman
In a public career that included three stints in Congress (1976-1977; 1979-1985; and 1997-present) and a run for president as the Libertarian Candidate (1988), no living elected official has done more to advance the ideals …
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Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch: A Man of Courage
Even under brutal torture from one of the Nazi’s most notorious henchmen, the only information Bloch gave up in the end, was his own name.