The Gallery of Heroes

As a strategist he was crucial to the organization of the March on Washington and his desire for non-violent protest was one that saw him work closely with Martin Luther King. As an openly gay man in a time when homosexuality was criminalized, Rustin’s effectiveness was somewhat limited, as people’s prejudices got the better of their judgment.

John Daido Loori was a deeply realized and compassionate teacher of Zen who dedicated his life to helping others to live in equanimity and compassion.

Alan Turing changed the world not once, but twice. He altered the course of World War II by cracking codes and followed that up with groundbreaking work on computers.

Mum Shirl Smith helped young Aborigines in and out of prison. She gave them someone to call “mum”.

Vicente Ferrer helped millions of poor people in India by providing health care and rural development.

Lt. C. Carwood Lipton is a fictional character in the HBO series Band Of Brothers (he was based on a true person however).

By the time Schweitzer was 30, he decided to commit his life to mankind and became a missionary in medicine.

Aimee Mullins is an amputee who speaks out for people with disabilities from a position of equality.

Since the early 1960s, Marian Wright Edelman has been a tireless advocate for human rights, noted for her work with the Children’s Defense Fund.

John Snow, considered to be one of the fathers of epidemiology, is most widely known for his discovery of the source of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak in London.