Benson Venegas Robinson founded the Talamanca Initiative in Costa Rica to help poverty-stricken farmers. Aileen Riggin won a gold medal for diving at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, at the age of 14. Mexico's Manuel Alvarez Bravo has been called a "photo-poet."
Three women reporters were honored by the International Women's Media Foundation. Margaret Smith delivers healthy food to the elderly on Minnesota's White Earth Indian Reservation. Egypt's new Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a modern version of the famous ancient library known for freedom of thought and expression.
Mukdar Shah braved a landmine near Bagram, Afghanistan to save a wounded friend. Holocaust survivor Imre Kertesz won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature. Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Prize for his years in the quest for world peace.
The Great Bug Fair, hosted annually by Penn State University, is a great favorite. Novelist Harper Lee won the 2002 Alabama Humanities Award. Presbyterian College freshmen proved their social conscience in a unique test.
Humanitarian, businessman and athlete Magic Johnson was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The late Hawaii Representative Patsy Mink was an inspiration to women all around the U.S.. Cellist and Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich opened a music festival to peace in Peenemuende, Germany.
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