But there were many unsung foot soldiers in the movement -- witnesses to American history.
The judge described the woman who brought the claim as "one of the unsung heroines" of society.
None of these things are problems today, thanks to an army of unsung heroes known as standards.
Though they may have been unnoticed and unsung, they helped others in their flight away from danger.
The ceremony also honours team of the year, unsung hero, junior sportsman and woman and lifetime achievement.
Sure, the ubiquity of cameras has shown us all some amazing things, from political revolutions to unsung stars.
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Children's Secretary Ed Balls says grandparents are often the "unsung heroes" when it comes to looking after children.
The objects embody a significant slice of American history and also showcase the craftsmanship of unsung local artisans.
They rediscovered the laws of inheritance first developed 40 years earlier by Gregor Mendel, an unsung Moravian monk.
Harbhajan Singh took his 300th wicket but was outshone by the unsung Krejza.
Instead of expressing shock and demonizing night workers for being human, day-working managers should recognize them as unsung heroes.
But there's also a group of unsung heroes who made this accomplishment possible.
He has clearly been an unsung hero of Devon's past - until now.
Its unsung PlayStation Home virtual world sells virtual goods and online games, and has more than 14 million users worldwide.
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The rooms--there are 38 suites--are also as quiet as a tomb, a feature that must not go unsung in Barcelona.
Other more prominent names could take a leaf out of the book of a player who remains unsung and under-rated.
It is up to each Unsung Hero to put together a proposal for how the money might best be spent.
Mr Williams is now in contention for the UK Unsung Hero award made at Liverpool's Echo Arena on Sunday 14 December.
Interestingly, one prominent homosexual group leader has described Messina as an "unsung hero" in the campaign to repeal the 1993 law.
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This painstaking, largely unsung work of snipping out defunct bits of legislation, and improving the rest, was probably his greatest achievement.
Jim was nominated for this year's Unsung Hero award by Lisa Palombo who is a PE teacher at St Maurice's High School.
Those honoured will be divided into five groups: innovative artists, influential artists, icons, unsung heroes and industry types like managers and producers.
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Stepping back from somewhat dreary coincident indicators on unemployment, retail sales, industrial production and capacity utilization, there's another world out there that's unsung.
In May 2010, an unsung numbers hobbyist named Ed Weiland wrote a long-term forecast of Jeremy Lin for the basketball website Hoops Analyst.
The two-and-a-half page contract was typed up by Ronald Wayne the unsung, lesser known co-founder of the tech giant in 1976.
Mr. Lee is a retired spook, one of the guys in white hats whose unsung efforts helped the West win the Cold War.
But in the fourth quarter of 2008, these unsung heroes, too, were laid low by the scumbags on Wall Street and in Washington.
The novels illustrated both the folly of war and the unsung, unregarded heroism of the lower orders, the actual builders of the empire.
Modern pentathlete Heather Fell has lent her support to the BBC Sports Unsung Hero 2009, becoming the award's ambassador for BBC South West.
Amazingly within 30 seconds, Armagh were level with Paul McGrane, so often the unsung hero, coming up trumps again to fire over an equaliser.
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