Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948) human rights week 3.

Gandhi is known to be one of the greatest politicians and
religious leaders.in India he is noticed as“father of the nation” he put up campaigns
to help people in poverty,help enlarge women's rights,and try to destroy the caste
system(this system splits groups of people from poor to wealthy and
gives them different jobs from which religion they are)
he also helped free India from overseas country try to dominate
there country.he was served prison for his actions for years,
but accomplished his goal in 1945 when Britain gave India independence.

Human rights hero: Rosa parks Week 2

Human rights hero: Rosa parks

Week 2

Rosa parks was known as the’’first lady of civil rights and mother of freedom movement’’.
People celebrate her for this they celebrate her birth the u.s postal offices release a stamp to honor her
heritage.Rosa parks was born 100 years ago (1913 February 4) parents James and Leona Edwards
McCartney,on 1955 Rosa parks was arrested for not giving a white man her seat on the bus she got
arrested for that after that incident it made her tired of injustice.bus boycott was
(protest campaign against racism)  

Human rights: Nelson Mandela.

Human rights: Nelson Mandela.

Week 1: Nelson Mandela was the

first president of

South Africa and was in a anti-apartheid.(Apartheid was a system

of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s).

and also a political leader he served president from 1994 to 1999. Was the first black president and
first president to be elected fully representative election.in school nelson mandela studied law and was
the first black lawyer in Africa.

Nelson Mandela was noticed a human rights hero after he ended the policies of the national party

.Mandela was put on trial for his actions and said

“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in
harmony and with

equal opportunities.’’https://www.humanrights.com/voices-for-human-rights/nelson-mandela.html.