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By: The class of 2014
Ms.Suarez
Nelson Mandela
Nelson R. Mandela was a south african antiaparthied revolutionary, polition, activist,
laywer, and philanthropist who served as
president of south africa from 1994 to 1999.
Born: July 18, 1918 (mevezo, south africa)
Died: Dec. 5, 2013 (Johannesburg, south africa)
Children: Makaziwe M., Zindiswa M., Makgatho
M., Zenani M., Madiba T. Mandela.
When he went to jail: He went to jail in 1962.
For 27 years.
Rosa parks
Rosa L. McaCaulary Parks was an africanamerican civil rights activist, whom th unite
states congress called the first lady of civial
rights and the mother of the freedom
movement.
Born: Feburary 4, 1913 (Tuskegee, Al)
Died: October 24, 2005 (Detroit, ML)
Awards: congressional gold medal
Education: Hightlander folk school, Alambama
state teachers college for blacks only.