Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Key activist in the African-American Civil Rights Movement Fought to end racial segregation and discrimination.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Key activist in the African-American Civil Rights Movement

Fought to end racial segregation and discrimination in the 1960s and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work

Famous for his “I have a dream” speech

Shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968

Apartheid

System of racial segregation enforced in South Africa between 1948 and 1994

Rights of the majority “non-white” inhabitants of South Africa were almost nonexistent

White supremacy

Ended by Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress in 1994

Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid activist

Sentenced to life in prison for sabotage and served 27 years before being released

Started the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in South Africa

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993

Served as the President in South Africa from 1994-1999