NELSON MANDELA

NELSON MANDELA

“DEATH IS SOMETHING INEVITABLE. WHEN A MAN HAS DONE WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE HIS DUTY TO HIS PEOPLE AND HIS COUNTRY, HE CAN REST IN PEACE. I BELIEVE I HAVE MADE THAT EFFORT AND THAT IS, THEREFORE, WHY I WILL SLEEP FOR THE ETERNITY.” NELSON MANDELA SynopsisNelson...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (JANUARY 15, 1929 – APRIL 4, 1968)

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (JANUARY 15, 1929 – APRIL 4, 1968)

Dr. King was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. Martin Luther King Jr. has many contributions to society that it will take a whole book to discuss it. In 1957 Dr. King helped establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
ROSA PARKS (FEBRUARY 4, 1913 – OCTOBER 24, 2005)

ROSA PARKS (FEBRUARY 4, 1913 – OCTOBER 24, 2005)

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake‘s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. This began a nationwide movement that launched the career of none other than Martin Luther King Jr....
BARAK OBAMA (AUGUST 4, 1961, IN HONOLULU, HAWAII)

BARAK OBAMA (AUGUST 4, 1961, IN HONOLULU, HAWAII)

Of his early childhood, Obama recalled, “That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind.” Reflecting later on his formative years in Honolulu, Obama wrote: “The opportunity that...