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December 18, 2006
William Howard Taft to Little TurtleWilliam Howard Taft
served on the Supreme Court after his presidency...didn't just go and play golf like other past presidents Served as President AND Chief Justice! Paul Tagliabue
Took NFL to the top of US entertainment
Mary Burnett Talbert
Henry Tappan
Pioneer educators Led U Michigan and Johns Hopkins to adopt German Research University Model Frederick Taylor
Efficiency expert revolutionized factory work Tecumseh
The last great hope of the Indians to stem the White tide Great unifiyer, diplomat, leader an inspiring leader, a fierce warrior, an eloquent statesman. He never gave in to white rule. Had he the manpower and firepower remotely equal to the whites, your top 100 would be completely different Nikola Tesla
Although not American born he came to America like Edison and gave us modern electricity. If we had followed Edison we would have been held back immensly. Without his patents on AC electricity the 20th century would have been completly different Genius, inventor, failure, wacko, american Inventor of AC power and radio AC power, inventer of many electrical divices Incredible that his scientific genius and contributions in the field of electrical engineering were overlooked. The list is very good, in general, is very good! he redefined electricity, which redefined everything He invented alternating current. Alternating current became standard power in the 20th Century. He designed the first hydroelectric powerplant in Niagara Falls in 1895. Norman Thomas
BROUGHT RESPECTIBILITY TO AMERICAN SOCIALISM Jim Thorpe
A superstar athlete who symbolizes the Native American tragedy He was a Sac and Fox Athlete. Paul Tibbetts
He had the guts to pull the bomb release Emmitt Till
Catalyst for civil rights movement An incident that lit the fuse on the burning keg of racism in 20th century America Pat Tillman
Of all the attributes Ms. Kearns Goodwin listed, Pat possessed them all. Donald Trump
The ups and downs and at the top again...it is THE American dream. Made ugliness and greed acceptable Sojourner Truth
Great African-American female preacher and abolitionist Important figure in the anti-slavery and women's rights movements "Aint I a woman?" She made feminism face its racism. Outstanding abolitionist and women's rights orator of the 19thc., publicly linked the oppression of slavery to the condition of women, lifetime proponent of universal suffrage and full equality Harriet Tubman
Risked her life to free slaves via the Underground Railroad Forged a path out of slavery for hundreds of people. Harriet Beecher Stowe never witnessed slavery and she's on the list. Freedom Fighter Extraordinaire Kept Hope Alive She helped hundreds of slaves escape to the North and also inspired by surmounting a brutal injury she received when she was a slave herself. Freed countless slaves Harriet Tubman Important figure in the anti-slavery and women's rights movements She created the underground railroad and helped over 100 "slaves" to attain freedom. Courageous humanitarian, who conducted hundreds to escape from slavery. Selfless woman who is called the "Moses" of colored people working on the Underground Rail road. Former Slave (Female) Guiding Underground Railroad The emotional impact her story has for many should guarantee her a place on this list. She had the courage to risk her life for others when being black was dangerous; being female was meaningless. intrepid, creative Conductor of the Underground Railroad, nurse, scout and spy for the Union in the Civil War, tireless supporter of newly emancipated African Americans. Tupac
Began, but was stopped, from completely changing the black community as a whole. Frederick Jackson Turner
THE "thesis" (hello Iraq) that refuses to die Ted Turner
Cable/New Media/World Citizen He made news a 24-hour constant, and jump-started cable television 24/7 news w/ CNN Cable, notably CNN Cable TV Influential person in cultural uniting the country via cable television. Redefined inforrmation culture CNN. Turner Classic Movies, keeps the innocent age alive. Founder of CNN forever changed television and altered the influence of the major TV networks Little Turtle
three times defeated the armies George Washington, second on your list, sent here to decimate the native population
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