Famous Black People Who Changed the World
- Martin Luther King - led the peaceful civil rights movement in the US during the 1960s. Captivated audiences with his stirring rhetoric of building a better society - "I have a dream"
- Nelson Mandela - Led South Africa to a post apartheid society with full democracy. Admired for his forgiveness and willingness to reach out to the white community in South Africa
- Rosa Parks - Instrumental in the US civil rights movement of the 1960s
- Desmond Tutu - Leading figurehead in the South African anti apartheid movement
- Mohammed Ali - Great boxer of the 1960s. Refused to fight in Vietnam
- Kofi Annan - UN Secretary General.
- Oprah Winfrey - influential US media personality
- Barack Obama - First US President of African origin.
- Mary Seacole - nurse during Crimean war, contemporary of Florence Nightingale
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3 Comments:
Yes those are just the right people on that list. they will be always be known as great people to me. YEAH GO OPRAH WINFREY
Yea these are good people but I think you should post other people too
These people are great people i will always remember them. Especially Oprah Winfrey
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