Melba Pattillo Beals (1941)
Melba Joy Patillo Beals is an American journalist and educator who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of black students who were the first to racially integrate Little Rock Central High…
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Bud Powell (1924)
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John Barnard (1946)
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Tom Ridge (1945)
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Pat Sajak (1946)
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Catherine Spaak (1945)
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