Great Hearts of Courage

A man of peace in a time of war, Dr. King worked tirelessly towards achieving human equality and human rights, both in the streets and from a church pulpit.

His spirit unbroken after his 27-year imprisonment, Mandela was the face of the anti-apartheid struggle, and was elected South Africa's first Black president in 1994.

"The Chronicles of Narnia" and his other imaginative works continue to inspire and bring magic into the lives of both children and adults alike.

The force of truth in his great book "The Gulag Archipelago" proved more powerful than the military might of the brutal Soviet empire he risked his freedom to expose.

The "Saint of the Gutters" is synonymous with compassion for the suffering

He survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become a witness on behalf of those who could no longer speak.

He was the most celebrated religious figure of the 20th century and a comforting voice to the nation and the world in its most difficult hours.

The "Leper Priest" ministered to lepers in Hawaii and died at the age of 49 with the people he loved.