| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ralph Boston |
Track and Field |
9-May-1939 |
|
First long jumper to exceed 27 feet |
| Avery Brundage |
Sports Figure |
28-Sep-1887 |
8-May-1975 |
International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72 |
| Lee Evans |
Track and Field |
25-Feb-1947 |
|
Sprinter, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1968 |
| George Foreman |
Boxing |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Champ knocks out the fat |
| Dick Fosbury |
Track and Field |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
High jumper invented Fosbury Flop |
| Cathy Freeman |
Track and Field |
16-Feb-1973 |
|
Olympic 400m gold medalist |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
| Robert F. Kennedy |
Politician |
20-Nov-1925 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Slain Presidential candidate |
| Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
| Jesse Owens |
Track and Field |
12-Sep-1913 |
31-Mar-1980 |
Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics |
| Tommie Smith |
Track and Field |
5-Jun-1944 |
|
Black Power salute at 1968 Olympics |
| Wyomia Tyus |
Track and Field |
29-Aug-1945 |
|
Olympic sprinter |
