1Keshia Thomas
In 1996, a black teenager named Keshia Thomas, while marching to protest a KKK rally in Michigan, protected a white man, who had an "SS" tattoo and a confederate flag shirt, from the attacks of a crowd. She threw herself on him to deflect the mob's strikes, due to her belief that "nobody deserves to be hurt."
2Emmett Till
A 14-year-old black teenager named Emmett Till was killed in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white female. The murderers were acquitted in a trial by an all-white jury.
3Teens
When teens are taught that people have the potential to change their socially relevant traits over time, they tend to cope better with social stress and end up earning better grades in school.
4George Stinney
In 1944, a black teenager named George Stinney was accused of murdering two white girls on flimsy evidence. He was tried without legal representation with an all-white jury, and he was executed by electric chair at the age of 14 in South Carolina.
5Caitlin Upton
The Miss South Carolina teen, Caitlin Upton, who became an internet meme for her incomprehensible answer contemplated suicide after her pageant flub.
6Steven Ortiz
A California teenager named Steven Ortiz traded up an old phone on Craigslist for different items until he eventually acquired a Porsche.
7Matt Dillion Shannon
A New Zealand teen named Matt Dillion Shannon set a friend on fire as a prank. In his defense, he stated, "If he'd stopped, dropped and rolled, it would have just been a joke instead of a serious incident."
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8Teen hacker
A teenager hacked CIA director John Brennan's email by calling Verizon's customer support and pretending to be a Verizon technician.
9Eric Simons
A teen named Eric Simons secretly lived in AOL's headquarters for 2 months, eating free food, using the gym and showers, sleeping in conference rooms while working on his start-up. Everyone assumed he worked there.
10Muelmar Magallanes
During the 2009 Philippines floods, a teenager named Muelmar Magallanes saved 30 lives. After leaping into the rushing waters to save his family from danger, he repeatedly jumped back in to save others, including a trapped mother and baby, until too tired to fight the current he was swept away.
