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20 Cards in this Set
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LOUIS “SATCHMO” ARMSTRONG
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Black Jazz musician
Founding father of Jazz Helped lead the Harlem Renaissance |
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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Played rolls in early silent films
His famous character was the “Little Tramp” |
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JACK DEMPSEY
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Boxing icon of the 1920s
Won the heavyweight title Won 6 heavyweight championships |
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WALT DISNEY
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Created the character Mickey Mouse
Had the first sound cartoon that starred Mickey Mouse as Steam Boat Willy |
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ISADORA DUNCAN
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Mother of modern dance
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GERTRUDE EDERLE
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First woman to swim across the English Channel
An Olympic swimmer |
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WILLIAM FAULKNER
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Renown short story writer
Won the Nobel Prize in literature for “Sanctuary” From Mississippi |
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F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
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Wrote “The Great Gadsby” which made him very famous
“This Side of Paradise” made him famous too |
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HAROLD “RED” GRANGE
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Pro and college hall of fame for football
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ERNEST HEMIGWAY
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“The Sun also Rises” “A Farewell to Arms” “The Old Man and the Sea”
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LANGSTON HUGHES
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African American poet
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AL JOLSON
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Jazz singer in the first film with sound
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KNUTE ROCKNE
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famous football player and coach for Notre Dame
Won 6 national championships |
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BABE RUTH
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Famous baseball player for the New York Yankees
held the record for most homeruns for a long time |
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BESSIE SMITH
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Famous blues singer
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ABE SAPERSTEIN
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Founder, owner, and coach of the Harlem Globe Trotters
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WILLIAM “BIG BILL” TILDEN
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Famous tennis player
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JOHNNY WEISMULER
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Olympic gold medalist in swimming
played Tarazan |
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HELEN WILLS
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Womens tennis
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
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Great American Architect
had alot of innovation |
