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This Is Michelle: Read the Story of Michelle Obama
Michelle Robinson was born in 1964. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a tiny apartment. Her…
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This is Stephanie: Read the Story of Stephanie Kwolek
Stephanie Louise Kwolek was born in the small town of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1923. Her parents were Polish immigrants.…
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This is Rosa: Read the Story of Rosa Parks
Rosa McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1913. When she was 2, her parents separated. Rosa moved with her…
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This is Grace: Read the Story of Grace Hopper
Grace Murray was born in New York City in 1906. In an era when girls were expected to play house,…
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This is Amelia: Read the Story of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart, known as Meelie when she was a child, loved to be swept away on adventures. Her father was…
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This is Patsy: Read the Story of Patsy Takemoto Mink
Patsy Takemoto Mink was born on the island of Maui, in Hawaii, in 1927. Her family lived on a sugar…
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This is Simone: Read the Story of Simone Biles
Simone Biles was a bright, bubbly, bouncy little girl. She couldn’t sit still, and her favorite place to be was…
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This is Chloe: Read the Story of Chloe Kim
Chloe Kim was born in Long Beach, California, in 2000. Her parents had moved to the U.S. from South Korea,…
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This is Babe: Read the Story of Babe Didrikson
Mildred Ella Didrikson was born in Texas in 1911. Her parents were from Norway. There, her mother had been known…
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This is Misty: Read the Story of Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland grew up in Southern California in the 1980s. She had five siblings, so she often had to compete…
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This is Wilma: Read the Story of Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940. The 20th of 22 children, she arrived prematurely, weighing only four and a half…
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This is Billie Jean: Read the Story of Billie Jean King
Billie Jean Moffitt was born in Long Beach, California, on November 22, 1943. Her whole family was athletic. Her mother…
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Honoring an Artist
Ruth Asawa was an American artist. She became famous for her abstract sculptures. She usually made them from wire. Their…
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Landmark Law
In 1952, Judy Heumann went to register for kindergarten. But the principal stepped in. He told Heumann’s mom that her…
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Celebrating Juneteenth
On June 16, Virginia governor Ralph Northam made an announcement. The state would move to recognize June 19, or Juneteenth,…
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Sinking In
Everything was quiet at the Pantheon, in Rome, Italy, on the afternoon of April 27. That is, until the ground…
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The History of Pandemics
The new coronavirus pandemic is historic. But this isn’t the first time a virus has sickened people around the globe.…
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Vote for the 2019 TIME for Kids Person of the Year!
Time flies! Before we know it, we’ll be ringing in 2020. But first, the TFK team is taking a look…
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Caught on Tape
Three reels of videotape from NASA’s Apollo 11 mission will be sold at Sotheby’s auction house on Saturday, July 20.…
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What's a Ticker-Tape Parade?
The World Cup–winning United States Women’s National Soccer Team was honored in a ticker-tape parade today in New York City.…
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The History of Fireworks
Fireworks may seem like a very American tradition, especially on the 4th of July. But fireworks go back many years…
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A Salute to Memorial Day
On Memorial Day weekend, families across the United States enjoy warm weather, backyard barbecues, maybe even a trip to the…
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Dino Discovery
Twenty-one years ago, Sterling Nesbitt discovered the fossilized bones of a dinosaur in New Mexico. He was 16 years old…
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Stepping into History
On July 20, 1969, more than 500 million people around the world watched a special event on live TV. They…
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Pictures of 2018
A lot happens in a year. There are happy moments and sad moments. There are reasons to celebrate and cry.…
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Reclaiming the Past
Note: This article may be sensitive to Hopi people. The Native American exhibit at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany,…
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Justice for All
On September 4, 1957, 14-year-old Carlotta Walls and eight other black teenagers approached Little Rock Central High School, in Arkansas.…
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Cosmic Critters
Animals have long been on the front lines of scientific discovery. Time and again, they have been given the lead…
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To the Moon and Beyond!
In 1961, United States president John F. Kennedy challenged NASA to put a man on the moon by the end…
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Family Story
Thanks to virtual reality, a man who attended the 1963 March on Washington returns to the scene with his great-grandson.…
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