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.
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