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Martin Luther King Jnr: He raised public's consciousness of the civil rights movement & established himself as one of the best orators in US history. Nelson Mandela: The first black president of South Africa after the fall of the Apartheid regime, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1944, & protested against the regime that so discriminated against black Africans, a move which eventually led to 27 years imprisonment. Mahatma Gandhi: He helped free Indians from British rule through non-violent resistance, and is honoured as the Father of the Indian Nation. Aung San Suu Kyi: Burma Prime Minister Elect, she is softly spoken and small in stature but not in spirit. She has become an advocator of peaceful resistance, even in the face of oppression. Che Guevara: His journey to understand the socio-economic plight of Cuba was documented in a diary & later made into a film. Guevara became fast friends with Fidel Castro & helped in the fight to rid the country of dictator Baptiste. |