Born in an isolated Mayan village in 1959, Rigoberta Menchú has spent her life organizing indigenous Guatemalans to fight for their ancestral land and human rights. She’s teamed up with guerilla fighters, been chased out of her country, and thanks to decades of activism, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.
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Introducing Season 2: Falls from Grace
Thought Leaders: Leon Trotsky
Thought Leaders: Socrates
Thought Leaders: Jean-Paul Marat
Creative Visionaries: Vincent van Gogh
Creative Visionaries: Tennessee Williams
Creative Visionaries: Ernest Hemingway
Notorious Names: Caligula
Notorious Names: Napoleon Bonaparte
Notorious Names: Edward “Blackbeard” Teach
Notorious Names: Wild Bill Hickok
Notorious Names: Al Capone
Assassinations & Executions: Franz Ferdinand
Assassinations & Executions: Julius Caesar
Assassinations & Executions: Harvey Milk
Assassinations & Executions: Mata Hari
American Politics: Crazy Horse
American Politics: Andrew Jackson
American Politics: Abraham Lincoln
American Politics: Alexander Hamilton
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