One of America's first black female activists, Truth preached against slavery and worked for equality and human rights.

Foremost black intellectual who led the fight for racial justice in the early 20th century and co-founded the NAACP.

Chavez won the first contract for migrant farmworkers in American history, an accomplishment that upheld the dignity of Mexican Americans, who had traditionally been treated as second class citizens.

Frida Kahlo turned her personal pain from a severe accident and a bad marriage to acclaimed muralist Diego Rivera into colorful and vibrant paintings. Her work has appeared in the Louvre and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Great Hispanic Heritage series traces García Márquez’s life, from his childhood in Aracataca, Colombia, where he enjoyed listening to the stories of his grandmother and grandfather, to his education in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, and his work as an international journalist and acclaimed fiction writer