TOP: MAYA ANGELOU COURTESY OF CMG WORLDWIDE; RUPAUL BY MATHU ANDERSON, COURTESY OF RUCO, INC; BRANDI CHASTAIN BY DANIEL ZUCHNIK/WIREIMAGE; FRANCE A CORDOVA BY STEPHEN VOSS, COURTESY OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION; TONY HAWK BY SAM JONES, COURTESY OF TONY HAWK, INC.; JEANNE WAKATSUKI HOUSTON BY TODD TSUKUSHI, COURTESY OF JEANNE WAKATSUKI HOUSTON; REVEREND JAMES M. LAWSON, JR. COURTESY OF VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY; GEORGE LOPEZ BY JUSTIN STEPHENS,COURTESY OF GEORGE LOPEZ; WOLFGANG PUCK BY VANESSA STUMP, COURTESY OF WOLFGANG PUCK; HELEN M. TURLEY BY KENT HANSON, COURTESY OF WINE SPECTATOR.INSET 1: BY TIM MOSENFELDER/GETTY IMAGES. INSET 4: "FOUNTAIN VALLEY MURAL," c. 1976, BY SERGIO O'CADIZ MOCTEZUMA, COURTESY OF O'CADIZ FAMILY COLLECTION; INSET 5: BY OSCAR MAGALLANES, COURTESY OF ARTIST; INSET 6: BY TOYO MIYATAKE, COURTESY OF TOYO MIYATAKE STUDIO; INSET 7: COURTESY BY ISA LYFE, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST; INSET 8. COURTESY OF THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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