Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was born at Qunu in South Africa on July 18th of 1918. His was challenged in his early life by what he had to learn in school. He lost his father when he was 9 years old in 1927, that affected him cause his father was his biggest influence in his life.
In his later life, he was the leader of the anti-aparthied, but he was convicted by the South African Courts charge him with sabotage for life. People were shock that he was in prison. He only spent 27 years in prison he was released on the 11th of February 1990. After he got out of prison he tried to each the goals that him and others set before in was put in prison.
After awhile he was elected the first black president of South Africa, thats was his biggest accompplishment in his life.
Nelson had six children and 2 wifes altogether, four of the children was from his first wife but (she passed away from aids) and 2 from the second wife.
He made a difference in alot of peoples life.

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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born in 1820 in Maryland and died March 10,1913.She was one out of 11 children.Harriet was born into slavery at the age of 11 she was a nursemaid.When she was born her birth name was Araminta and she was often called "minty".When she become an adult she changed her first name into Harriet.Later in life she got in a accident and got hit in the head.In 1844 she got married to a free black man.When she found work as a household servent she saved her money so she could return to help others escape.She led the underground railroad.The underground railroad was a secert network of houses where slaves from the south could be in the north for freedom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman/youth_1

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

Walt disney

By:Gabriela

Have you ever heared of the man who created disney movies and disney land.Well if you havent the man who created all that it was Walt Disney. Walt Disney was born in december 5,1901 in chicago the he moved to a farm with his family and his family was one of many who didint have alot of money. As adult he had moved to alot of places to work first illinios then kanssas then missousi and at last los angeles. As he grew up he created character like mickey mouse,goffy,plutoand more he also went to alot of states. Some thing he did is that he also created 101 dolmationsand all the disney characters. Everybody thought that the characters were really cool and intersting he got the thought of creating mickey mouse cause when he work in the studio mice would gather around his garbage can.

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http://www.wc.pdx.edu/

Eva Peron (Evita)

Background: Eva was born on May 7th,1919.her mother gave birth to Eva in rural poverty locataded in a small town in Los Todos Argentina.She had five older sibblings and they all lived with their mother in a one room shack. Eva was not sent to school because her mother sent her to work in the kitchens of the rich people. As you can see, Eva did not have a good chidhood as other kids did.
Later Life and Acomplishments: At the age of 16, Eva moved to Buenos Aires to start her career as an actress. She also starred on raidios and was a comedian for a while. In the year 1945, she met a minister of war named Juan Peron. A year later, they got married. Eva then helped her husband get elected as president. Victory was theirs because they won the election! Since she was married to Juan Peron, she became Juan Perons first lady. She was also the first female politician in Argentina.
What They Changed(did they change thoughts, ideas, beliefs and how?) Eva thought about the descamisados(shirtless)alot because they were very poor and homeless. She was able to get others to campaign with her to help the poor and to give women the rights to vote. Her high profile, beauty and her excitment to help the needy,excited the nation. In other words, Eva changed the view of many people because she taught them that women are just as smart as men and sometimes even more. She also taught them that every one should help each other.
Bibliography:

Websites:
1.www.evitaperon.org

2.www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko,Mississippi.Oprah had a difficult childhood.Her mother was the only one who took care because her mother and father got separated.

When Oprah was six years old she moved to an inner city neighborhood in Milwaukee,Wisconsin with her mother who was less supportive and encouraging than her grandmother.At the age of thirteen Oprah ran away from home,when she was fourteen she came back pregnant,but her son died shortly after birth.

In 2004 Oprah and her team filmed an episode of her show entitled Oprah's Christmas kindness,in which Oprah and her best friend Gayel King her partner Stedman Graham and some crew members travelled to South America.

Although Oprah has continually changed the focus of her show since the mid-1990s her success has been as popularizing of the "tabloid talk show" genre and turning it into a thriving industry that has included Ricki Lake ,The Jenny Jones Show and The Jerry Springer show.

websites:

www.biographyonline.net/humanitarian/oprah-winfrey.html

Martin Luther King Jr.

Background:

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia. When he was a kid he sang at a church choir at the 1993 Atlanta premier of the movie "Gone With The Wind". He was baptised in Atlanta.

Later Life:

When Martin Luther King was growing up he changed his birth name that was Micheal to Martin. At the age of 15 he graduated from school. When he was 35 he was the youngest man to receive the Nobel prize. When he was notified of selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money (54,123) to the further once of the civil rights movements

What They Changed:

Martin was famous for using non-violent resistance to overcome injustice, and he never got tired of trying to end segregation laws.

Summary:

When Martin Luther King was growing up he changed his name, his real name was was Micheal but he changed it to Martin. He lived through January 15, 1929 through April 4, 1968. But he died and was remembered by everyone because of the changes he made in the world. Thanks to him we are no longer dealing with segregation. Although not just thanks to him, but also thanks to other people.

Bibliography:

*http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/king

*http://en.wikipidia.org/wiki/martin_luther_king_jr.

*http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prize/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html