AMAZING P EO P L E

UNIT 1
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

• LOOK AT THE PHOTOS

• DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE?
WHO IS SHE?
RUBY BRIDGES

• RUBY BRIDGES WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1954

• SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRO-AMERICAN CHILD TO GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IN NEW
ORLEANS IN THE USA IN 1960.
WHO IS SHE?
ROSA PARKS

• SHE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 4, 1913 IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA.

• SHE REFUSED TO  GIVE HER SEAT TO A WHITE PASSENGER ON A PUBLIC BUS WHICH LED TO A BOYCOTT
AND HELP FIGHT SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES.

• SHE DIED IN 2005.

WHO IS HE?
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

• HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15TH, 1929.

• HE WAS A PASTOR AND A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST IN THE USA.
• HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN 1964.
• HE WAS KILLED ON APRIL 4TH, 1968 IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
WHO IS HE?
MACHADO DE ASSIS

• HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 21, 1839 IN RIO DE JANEIRO.

• HE WAS A PROEMINENT WRITER, A CHESS PLAYER AND AN ACCOUNTANT.
• HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENTE OF ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE LETRAS.
• HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1908.
WHO IS HE?
NELSON MANDELA

• HE WAS BORN ON JULY 18TH, 1918 IN JOHANNESBURG.

• HE WAS A LAWYER AND A REBEL LEADER.
• HE WAS IN PRISON FOR 27 YEARS.
• HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
• HE DIED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2013