The document profiles several famous civil rights activists and world leaders: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Jimmy Carter. It provides key biographical details for each person such as dates of birth and death, major accomplishments, and honors received.

4. Martin Luther
King-Civil rights
Activist, Minister.
Born on January 15,
1929 in Atlanta ,
Georgia.
Got education in
Boston University,
Morehouse College
Died on April 4,
1968 in Memphis,
Tenessee

7. Nelson Mandela
• Born in 1918
• 1962-1990 was in prison
( for fighting against bad
government)
• 1994 became President of
South Africa
• He was awarded a Noble
Prize for Peace in 1993
• Retired in 1999
• Died on 5 December 2013
by lung illness.

8. He became a hero to people all over the world. As
South Africa's President, he was respected for his
courage and wisdom in bringing people together to
live in peace.

9. Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama, Tibet's political leader, has strived to make Tibet
an independent and democratic state from China. He and his
followers are exiled to India
 OCCUPATION Religious
Figure, Activist
 BIRTH DATE July
6, 1935
 PLACE OF BIRTH
Taktser, China

10. The Dalai Lama has also conducted hundreds
of conferences, lectures and workshops worldwide, as
part of his humanitarian efforts. He was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. In December 2008, the
Dalai Lama announced his semi-retirement after
having gallstone surgery.

11. Mother Teresa
• Mother Teresa, was an Albanian
Roman Catholic nun who founded
the Missionaries of Charity in
Calcutta.
• For over forty years she ministered
to the poor, sick, orphaned, and
dying, while guiding the
Missionaries of Charity's expansion
in many countries.
• By the 1970s she had become
internationally famed as a
humanitarian and advocate for the
poor and helpless.

12.  She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
 India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in
1980 for her humanitarian work.
 She died in India on September 5, 1997.

14. Mahatma Gandhi
• Born on October 2, 1869,
in Porbandar, India
• Mahatma Gandhi, was the
preeminent leader of Indian
nationalism in British-ruled India
• Gandhi led India to independence
and inspired movements for non-
violence, civil rights and freedom
across the world.
• He became the strongest symbol
of non-violence in the 20th century
and was nominated several times,
but unfortunately was never
awarded the Nobel Prize.
• Assassinated on January 30,
1948, in New Delhi, India

17. Abraham Lincoln
Born in Hodgenville,
Kentucky on February
12, 1809
Abraham Lincoln was
the 16th president of
the United States.
Serving from March
1861 until his
assassination in April
1865.

18. Lincoln preserved the
Union during the U.S.
Civil War and brought
about the
emancipation of
slaves.
He was assassinated
on April 14, 1865, by
well-known actor John
Wilkes Booth at Ford's
Theater in
Washington, D.C.

19. James Carter
 James Earl "Jimmy" Carter,
is an American politician,
author, and member of
the Democratic Party.
 He served as the 39th
President of the United
States from 1977 to 1981.
 He was awarded the 2002
Nobel Peace Prize.