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- 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
- 5. British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the UK twice, he led his nation throught the hardships of WW2
- 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
- 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
- 9. Champion boxer and great character. He refused to fight in the Vietnam war and became a champion of civil rights and African interests
- 11. South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. He was the country's first black head of state
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- 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. the only person to win a Nobel Prize for both Chemistry and Physics. Her discoveries with radiation helped advance medical science
- 4. Cofounded one of the largest tech companies know for it drive to strive for high quality and excellence
- 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.
- 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