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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 leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
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Charlie Chaplin
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known for his work in silent films
known for character “Little Tramp” |
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Jack Dempsey
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famous professional heavy weight boxer
won 6 heavy weight title championship |
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Walt Disney
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created character mickey mouse
first sound cartoon Steamboat Willy stared mickey mouse |
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Isadora Duncan
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mother of modern dance
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Gertrude Ederle
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swam in 1924 Olympics
first woman to swim across English Channel |
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William Faulkner
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won nobel prize in literature for Sanctuary
Mississippian |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Great Gatsby was another book he wrote
This side of Paradise made him famous |
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Harold “Red” Grange
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Pro and college Hall of Fame
Illinois and Chicago Bears |
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Ernest Hemingway
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Sun also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea
american author |
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Langston Hughes
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poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance
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Al Jolson
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The Jazz Singer first movie w/sound
actor |
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Knute Rockne
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famous football coach of Notre Dame
won 6 national championships |
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Babe Ruth
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New York Yankees
held home run record for a long time |
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Bessie Smith
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great blues singer
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Abe Saperstein
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founder, owner, and coach of the Harlem Globetrotters
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William “Big Bill” Tilden
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men’s tennis star
five olympic gold medals |
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Johnny Weismuller
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Olympic gold medalist of swimming
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Helen Willis
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Women’s tennis
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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innovations
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