Remember

Patrick Healy, S.J. is celebrated as Georgetown University's first African-American president, although he lived life passing as White.

Maria Fearing left the upheaval of the Reconstruction era and went to a country in the throes of just as great if not greater oppression.

Charleszetta Waddles, who operated the Perpetual Mission for Saving All Souls, served the poor with culinary wisdom and spiritual empowerment.

The Rev. Joseph DeLaine helped push forward a Civil Rights case that tested faith, birthed courage, and changed the lives of a South Carolina community.

Samuel Eli Cornish could rightly be considered one of the most profound trailblazing figures in American and Christian history.

Gordon Hirabayashi is known along with Fred Korematsu and Minoru Yasui for their principled resistance to the internment of Japanese Americans.

Harriet Tubman worked as a slave, spy, and eventually as an abolitionist. Her belief in God helped Tubman remain fearless amid many challenges.