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THREE HEROES These are their stories Mohatma Gandhi Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nelson Mandela

THREE HEROES These are their stories Mohatma Gandhi Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nelson Mandela

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Page 1: THREE HEROES These are their stories Mohatma Gandhi Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nelson Mandela

THREE HEROES

These are their stories

Mohatma Gandhi

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nelson Mandela

Page 2: THREE HEROES These are their stories Mohatma Gandhi Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nelson Mandela

n. Resistance by nonviolent methods to a government, an occupying power, or specific laws, as refusing to comply, demonstrating in protest, or fasting.

passive resistance

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Three Heroes and Their Stories

What all 3 men have in common

1 All were passive resistant2 Great Heroes3 Never stopped fighting for what they believed in even when they were harassed4 All have died in the process Of making this world a better place5 All were leaders6 All were once jailed

Mahtma Gandhi

1Studied the law2 political and spiritualleader 3 became the leader of India’s Independence movement

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

1 Was born into a family of preachersand became one2 Studied in segregated schools3 Nobel peace prize winner of 19644 Famous for his speeches5 Ran boycotts and would protest

Nelson Mandela

1 Lived in a segregated world2 Became President of South Africa3 Was a principal and counselor4 Won the Nobel peace prize in 1993

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Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This is Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving one of his most famous speeches, “I Have Dream”, held in Washington D.C.

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Mahtma Gandhi

Gandhi is picking up salt in a civil rights movement. The salt march, led by Gandhi was an act of civil disobedience towards the British rule over India in 1930. In the salt march Gandhi and his followers marched several days to the ocean to make free salt which was illeagle over the British rule.

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Nelson Mandela

Mandela receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. This was for "for their work for the peaceful termination for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa"

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THREE HEROES

These are their stories

Mohatma Gandhi

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nelson Mandela

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Biography Channel History.com Google images nobelprize.org Video watched in class YouTube