# Heroes from rock and roll songs

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** music
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-from-rock-and-roll-songs/1012532 "2025-01-03T18:23:28Z")
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#### Post date: [January 4, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-from-rock-and-roll-songs/1012532/26 "2025-01-04T14:34:20Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> Stevie Wonder also paid tribute to MLK (“a man who died for good”) in “Happy Birthday.”

Stevie Wonder also paid tribute to a lot of people in Black Man from Songs in the Key of Life.  
A sample:  
Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole?  
Matthew Henson, a black man  
Who was the first American to show the Pilgrims at Plymouth the secrets of survival in the new world?  
Squanto, a red man  
Who was the soldier of Company G who won high honors for extraordinary heroism in World War 1?  
Sing Kee, a yellow man  
Who was the leader of united farm workers and helped farm workers maintain dignity and respect?  
Caesar Chavez, a brown man  
Who was the founder of blood plasma and the director of the Red Cross blood bank?  
Dr. Charles Drew, a black man

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