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Aung San Suu Kyi
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Biography of the Burmese woman fighting for democracy and freedom in her homeland.
http://homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/assk.htm
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Chavez, Cesar
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Biography of the civil rights and labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers.
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Chavez.html
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Delany, Martin
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Tells about the black nationalist who labored to see newly-freed slaves treated fairly and who urged a return to Africa. Includes excerpts from his writings.
http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/delany/home.htm
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Elijah Muhammad
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Black nationalist and Nation of Islam spiritual leader who rejected Christianity as the religion of the oppressor.
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/muhammad_e.htm
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Menchu, Rigoberta
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Biography of the Guatemalan political worker active in labor, helping subsistence farmers, and human rights groups.
http://homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/rigoberta.htm
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Saro-Wiwa, Kenule Beeson
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Biography of Nigerian writer, environmentalist, and political leader of the Ogoni. In English and French.
http://homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/ken.htm
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Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1932-)
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - From the Biographical directory of the United States Congress.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000028
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