Inspirational people

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  1. 3. Despite disability of both deafness and blindness, she learned to read and write, becoming a champion of social issues and helping to improve the welfare of deaf people
  2. 5. British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the UK twice, he led his nation throught the hardships of WW2
  3. 6. The king of English literature. His plays and poetry captured the richness and diversity of human existence in the most powerful and poetic way
  4. 8. After refusing to give up her bus seat she became a well respected figurehead of the American civil rights movement. She showed what ordinary people can do when they stick fast to their beliefs in testing conditions
  5. 9. Champion boxer and great character. He refused to fight in the Vietnam war and became a champion of civil rights and African interests
  6. 11. South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. He was the country's first black head of state
Down
  1. 1. American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination
  2. 2. the only person to win a Nobel Prize for both Chemistry and Physics. Her discoveries with radiation helped advance medical science
  3. 4. Cofounded one of the largest tech companies know for it drive to strive for high quality and excellence
  4. 7. Pakistani schoolgirl who defied threats of the Taliban to campaign for the right to education for girls. She survived being shot in the head by the Taliban and has become a global advocate for women’s rights, especially the right to education.
  5. 10. An ordinary teenage girl until thanks to the diary she kept in hiding was discovered, she became a symbol of how ordinary people can get caught up in Man’s inhumanity