Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896)

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist, teacher and author. She
was born Harriet Elisabeth Beecher in Litchfield, Connecticut, the seventh of
13 children, She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio when she was 21 where she met  
Calvin Ellis Stowe, a widower and professor at Lane Theological Seminary.The 
two married on January 6, 1836.

Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) depicted the life of African-Americans
under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play. She wrote more than
20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles
and letters. She was influential both for her writings and her public stands
on social issues of the day.

 
  Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 — June 6, 2012)

1953

"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" is a
baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published in
The San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized
by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances.The poem was
originally published anonymously (under the pen name "Phin",
based on Thayer’s college nickname, "Phineas").

Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940)

James Earl Jones

         Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
        

Helen Keller was a popular author, political activist, and lecturer. She
was the first deaf/ blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her
story has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the
play and film The Miracle Worker. She was inducted into the Alabama
Women’s Hall of Fame in 1971.

          
           Alabama State Quarter

George Rex Graham, founder of Graham’s Magazine,hired Edgar
Allan Poe as a critic and editor in February 1841 at an annual salary
of $800. The magazine was the first to publish Poe’s first detective
story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", Poe left Graham’s employ
in April 1842 but still made occasional contributions.

George R. Graham

Title page for Graham’s Magazine, June 1852