Chapter 2 Free Characters

   

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Chapter 2 Free Characters

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-15 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Film | 5-15 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Litteratur | 5 - 20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

Nadine Gordimer (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 5 The Moment Before…)

Learn about Nadine Gordimer. Read her biography at ZAR.co.za:

Ungdomstrinn | Litteratur | 5 - 15 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Litteratur | 5 - 15 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Samfunn | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-15 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-15 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5-20 min

Strange Fruit (Ch 2 Free Characters, Track 1 The Rabid Racists & Strange Fruit)

Listen to Billy Holiday singing Strange fruit. Go to You Tube:

Ungdomstrinn | Litteratur | 5 min

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:

Ungdomstrinn | Historie | 5 - 15 min