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George Washington
George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. George joined the military in 1753, where he narrowly survived after barley avoiding shots 4 times and having 4 horses shot out from underneath him. After surviving his military career, he went into politics and became the first president of the United States after being unanimously voted in and united the 13 colonies. He helped to write the New Constitution and added to it the Bill of Rights. He went on to a sec -
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Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar, India. He was a well-known activist of India, and was always thinking about what was best for his people. He studied law in London for a few years but moved to South Africa where he fought for Indian Rights for twenty years. In 1914, Mohandas moved back to India where he joined Indian National Congress. While he worked with the congress, he was determined to end poverty in India and to make it an independent country. He was se -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His real name is Michael but was eventually changed to Martin. He was a very spiritual man, and worked as a co-pastor with his father in the church that his grandfather began. Martin Luther King was born in the segregated times of America, and he didn’t agree with the idea of it. He began the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was an organization of Black churches that disagreed with racism. He organized man -
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