Forgotten Americans who made history

Mary Elizabeth Bowser spies on the South

Myra Colby Bradwell works for women's rights

Claudette Colvin quietly fights for civil rights

Philo T. Farnsworth pioneers TV technology

Elizabeth Jennings help desegregate NYC streetcars

Percy Julian makes medical advances with chemistry

Dave Kopay, gay athlete, breaks sports barrier

Henrietta Lacks is immortal in death

US Senator Edmund Ross saves a presidency

Roger Sherman helps shape US government

Sybil Ludington spreads the alarm

Security guard Frank Wills uncovers Watergate break-in

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