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In African-American Heroes, we've assembled and reprinted some of the classic comic book tales of real African-American Heroes in the public domain, in one big, beautiful, full-colour volume. Long-out of print and culturally over-looked for far too long, readers of all ages and walks of life can thrill and astound at the amazing true stories of African-American heroes of science, military, social justice, education and more!

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Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: ; January 18, 1911 - March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as Inchworm and The Ugly Duckling. He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization.[1] Born in 1981, Gagnon was a creative prodigy who began his professional career in 1998 at the age of 17, creating comics and writing film reviews. Since then Gagnon has worked in comics and graphic novels, journalism, film and television and more. Gagnon's work has been published by Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Entertainment, Sun Media, and many other publishers. His work ranges from writing to illustration to coloring and sometimes a combination thereof. He also teaches the new generation of artist and writers online at www.alldaybreakfast.games and with several prominent Canadian art schools. Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, during which he participated in 27 championship fights. The 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles in 1950, was a challenge for Charles' heavyweight title and so is not included in Louis' reign. He was victorious in 25 consecutive title defenses.[1][nb 1] In 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, [2] and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.[3] Louis had the longest single reign as champion of any heavyweight boxer in history. He has been ranked as the world's best heavyweight by BoxRec 11 times (the second most in history, only behind Muhammad Ali) and has been placed within ten best 15 times.[4] Six of his victorious fights were rated 5-Star by BoxRec.[5] Louis' cultural impact was felt well outside the ring. He is widely regarded as the first person of African-American descent to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the United States, and was also a focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment leading up to and during World War II.[6] He was instrumental in integrating the game of golf, breaking the sport's color barrier in America by appearing under a sponsor's exemption in a PGA event in 1952.[7][8][9]

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