Che Guevara (photo:public domain) Che Guevara (1928-1967) - Latin American revolutionist. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born in Argentina to a left-wing middle-class family. As a child, he was ill and thus avoided conscription to the army. He graduated from medicine. After graduation, he set o
Arwa al-Sulayhi (in Arabic:أروى بنت أحمد بن محمد بن بن بن موسى الصليحي الإسماعية), or Arwa Bint Ahmed (around 1048 - 1138), of the Sulayhide dynasty, is the sovereign having reigned over Yemen . After the death of her husband, she ruled alone for forty years. A young queen Niece of Ali al-Sulayh
US civil rights activist Annie Lee Wilkerson Cooper (1910 – 2010) is committed to the right to vote for African Americans. She was particularly noted for throwing a punch at the sheriff of Dallas County (Alabama). Racial segregation Annie Lee Wilkerson was born on June 2, 1910 in Selma (Alabama,
American athlete, Wilma Rudolph (1940 – 1994) showed an iron will to overcome obstacles and won three gold medals at the Olympic Games. She paved the way for black American athletes. A sick childhood Seventeenth of a family of twenty-one children, Wilma Glodean was born prematurely on June 23, 19