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In the winter of 1938, a twenty-nine-year-old London stockbroker named Nicholas Winton canceled a skiing holiday to travel to Prague. What he found — refugee...
On the night of June 12, 1963, Myrlie Evers heard the crack of a rifle outside her home in Jackson, Mississippi. She rushed out and...
On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. almost did not return to Memphis. His first visit in late March had ended in violence —...
On May 4, 1994, the city of São Paulo, Brazil, came to a standstill. Three million mourners filled the streets to say goodbye to Ayrton...
On May 4, 1994, three million mourners lined the streets of São Paulo, Brazil, as a funeral procession carried the body of Ayrton Senna to...
On May 1, 1994, Brazilian Formula One champion Ayrton Senna was killed in a crash at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy,...
In 1988, a retired stockbroker named Nicholas Winton sat quietly in the studio audience of the BBC program *That's Life!*, hosted by Esther Rantzen. He...
For fifty years, Nicholas Winton said nothing. In the winter of 1938-1939, the young British stockbroker had traveled to Prague and organized the rescue of...
On the night of June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers stepped out of his car in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi home, arms full of...
On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. stepped onto the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He had...
Just after midnight on June 12, 1963, Myrlie Evers heard the crack of a rifle shot outside her home in Jackson, Mississippi. She rushed to...
On the evening of April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. stood before a crowd at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. He had come to...