B.H.M
In 1955, she famously refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
Rosa Parks
This Whitney Houston hit reminded us that "no matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity."
Greatest Love of All
At the 1984 Games, this "Golden Girl" of gymnastics became the first American woman to win the individual all-around gold.
Mary Lou Retton
This wooden boy’s nose grew every time he told a lie.
Pinocchio
This 1843 Charles Dickens classic begins with the line, "Marley was dead, to begin with."
A Christmas Carol
He was the first African American to serve as a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed in 1967.
Thurgood Marshall
This Lionel Richie song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song from the film White Nights.
Say You, Say Me
He won a record 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, bringing his career total to 23 golds in swimming.
Michael Phelps
She took her father’s place in the army to protect China, proving herself a legendary warrior.
Mulan
In this 1960 Harper Lee novel, lawyer Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson in a small Southern town.
To Kill a Mockingbird
This "conductor" of the Underground Railroad helped lead hundreds of enslaved people to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
This Prince classic hit #1 and featured the lyrics, "You don't have to be rich to be my girl."
Kiss
This track star won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, famously defying Hitler’s theories of racial superiority.
Jesse Owens
This "street rat" used three wishes from a magic lamp to win the heart of Princess Jasmine.
Aladdin
This Margaret Mitchell epic follows Scarlett O’Hara through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Gone with the Wind
This woman became the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot's license in 1921
Bessie Coleman
This Dionne Warwick & Friends song raised millions for AIDS research; Stevie Wonder and Elton John were among those "friends."
That’s What Friends Are For
In 1980, the U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in a victory famously called this.
Miracle on Ice
This young lion had to find his way back to Pride Rock to take his rightful place as king.
Simba
Anne Frank’s world-famous book was originally titled The Annex but is better known as this.
What is The Diary of a Young Girl
She was the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States and the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Shirley Chisholm
Peter Gabriel’s music video for this song—featuring claymation and dancing chickens—became the most played video in MTV history.
Sledgehammer
This Native American athlete won gold in both the pentathlon and decathlon in 1912, later having his medals restored posthumously.
Jim Thorpe
Arthur is the true name of this young hero who pulled a sword from a stone to become King.
Wart
his 1952 Ernest Hemingway novella tells the story of an aging Cuban fisherman’s struggle with a giant marlin.
The Old Man and the Sea