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2015
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Great Hearts of Courage is a TV show that aired in 2015 on the Discovery Channel. The show was a documentary-style program that focused on the stories of people who have shown courage in the face of extreme adversity. Each episode featured a different inspirational story that showcased the strength and bravery of the human spirit.

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8. Father Damien

February 17, 2015

The "Leper Priest" ministered to lepers in Hawaii and died at the age of 49 with the people he loved.

7. Billy Graham

February 17, 2015

He was the most celebrated religious figure of the 20th century and a comforting voice to the nation and the world in its most difficult hours.

6. Elie Wiesel

February 17, 2015

He survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become a witness on behalf of those who could no longer speak.

5. Mother Teresa

February 17, 2015

The "Saint of the Gutters" is synonymous with compassion for the suffering.

4. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

February 17, 2015

The force of truth in his great book "The Gulag Archipelago" proved more powerful than the military might of the brutal Soviet empire he risked his freedom to expose.

3. C.S. Lewis

February 17, 2015

"œThe Chronicles of Narnia" and his other imaginative works continue to inspire and bring magic into the lives of both children and adults alike.

2. Nelson Mandela

February 17, 2015

His spirit was never broken even after his 27-year imprisonment, Mandela was the face of the anti-apartheid struggle, and was elected South Africa's first Black president in 1994.

1. Martin Luther King Jr.

February 17, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of peace in a time of war, Dr. King worked tirelessly towards achieving human equality and human rights, both in the streets and from a church pulpit.

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