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Abraham Lincoln (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)"I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." Learn more about Abraham Lincoln. Visit Abraham Lincoln Online.org: |
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Desmond Tutu, career and life (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)Learn about Desmond Tutu’s life and career. Go to South African History Online: |
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Desmond Tutu, The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)‘Desmond Tutu has formulated his objective as "a democratic and just society without racial divisions".’ Read more about him. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Goodbye Bafana (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)A film based on the memories of Nelson Mandela’s prison guard. Go to the Goodbye Bafana Homepage: |
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John Henrik Clarke, (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 2 The Boy who Painted…)
Learn more about the author of ‘The Boy who Painted Christ Black’. Go to The Black Collegian Online: |
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Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)Listen to and read Martin Luther King, Jr.’s , “I have a dream”-speech. Go to American Rhetoric, Top 100 speeches: |
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Martin Luther King Jr., speech (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)Listen to “If you want to be important…” from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “The Drum Major instinct”. Go to The King Center: |
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Martin Luther King Jr., The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 Free at Last)“At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.” Read more about MLK at Nobelprize.org: |
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Nadine Gordimer (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)
Learn about Nadine Gordimer. Read her biography at ZAR.co.za: |
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Nadine Gordimer, The Nobel Prize in Literature (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)
Learn more about Nadine Gordimer and the The Nobel Prize in Literature. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Nelson Mandela (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)Mandela's words, "The struggle is my life," are not to be taken lightly. Go to ANC’s website and read about his life: |
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Nelson Mandela Foundation (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)“The Nelson Mandela Foundation contributes to the making of a just society by promoting the vision and work of our Founder and convening dialogue around critical social issues. Read more.” Go to the Nelson Mandela Foundation website: |
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Nelson Mandela The Nobel Peace Prize (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 4 Goodbye Bafana)Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. Read more about him. Go to Nobelprize.org: |
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Rosa Parks, heroes & icons (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 MLK, jr., Free at Last)“One December evening, a woman left work and boarded a bus for home. She was tired; her feet ached. But this was Montgomery, Ala., in 1955.” Go to Time.com and read more about Rosa Parks: |
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Rosa Parks, interview (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters/Track 2 MLK, jr., Free at Last)Read this interview with Rosa Parks, ‘The Woman Who Changed a Nation’, from 1996. Go to Grandtimes.com: |
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Steve Biko, biography (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)
“Steve Biko (1946-1977), a political activist and writer, is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in the Union of South Africa.” To learn more about him, go to Answers.com: |
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Steve Biko, news paper article (Ch 2 Free Characters, Text 1 Freedom Fighters)
“An African hero: Biko - the forgotten martyr” Read this news article about Steve Biko at The Independent World website: |
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Strange Fruit (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 1 The Rabid Racists & Strange Fruit)
Listen to Billy Holiday singing Strange fruit. Go to You Tube: |
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Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 6 The Atlantic Slave Trade)Explore more about the history of the slave trade. Go to The Mystic Seaport Museum: |
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