Maya Angelou
Before she was known as Maya Angelou, her first name was Marguerite.
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who is: Marguerite Johnson
The year Nelson Mandela was born.
What is: 1918
Shirley Chisholm's 1970 autobiography and her famous campaign slogan both used this phrase.
What is: "Unbought and Unbossed
The name of the beautiful, mountainous region in Pakistan where Malala was born.
What is: the Swat Valley
For a few years as a child, Maya did not speak. This is what she did during that time instead.
What is: Listened and read books
What was Nelson Mandela's birth name?
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what is: Rolihlahla Mandela
Beyond expanding food stamps, a significant piece of legislation she helped pass in 1974 extended this to include domestic workers.
What is: the federal minimum wage
On her 16th birthday, Malala delivered a powerful speech at this major global institution.
What is: the United Nations
When she was a teenager, Maya was the first Black female conductor for these vehicles in San Francisco.
What is: Cable cars
He said this quote about the power of education: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world".
what is:Nelson Mandela
This New York City borough was where Shirley Chisholm was born and later represented in Congress.
What is: Brooklyn
The specific date in October 2012 when a Taliban gunman shot Malala on her school bus.
What is: October 9, 2012
She worked with this famous civil rights leader and his organization in the 1960s.
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who is: Martin Luther King Jr.
The year Nelson Mandela's term as president ended.
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what is:1999
The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, was awarded to Chisholm in 2015 by this president
Who is: Barack Obama
"I raise my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be ____".
What is: heard
Be a ___ in someone else's cloud," is one of her kind and famous sayings.
What is: Rainbow
The year Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
what is: 1994
This highest civilian honor was given posthumously to Chisholm by President Obama in 2015.
What is: the Presidential Medal of Freedom
The name of Malala's autobiography, published in 2013
What is: I Am Malala