John Agard

John Agard is born in June 1949 in British Guiana there now is Guyana. He grows op in Geogetown in British Guiana. In British Guiana he studies English, French and Latin and the same time he begging to writ poem. After he was finish with the studied he begging work. He works in a library and teaches in French, English and Latin. He published two books when he still lived in British Guiana. In 1977 John Agard and his partner grace Nichols moved to Britain. In Britain he work for BBC and commonwealth institute. John Agard writes in different genres, short story, poems, drama and children. We have read a text of John Agard. We read the text “Ms and Mrs Xenophobia” when we have about Multicultural Britain. 

Martin Luther King

Basic facts: 

• Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929
• He was born as Michael King
• He was assasinated at age of 39 in 1968
• He was raised as a Christian
• He was a pastor

King's Life: 

• He was an activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. 
• Known for his speeches - I Have A Dream
• On October 14th, 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize - for combating racial inequality trough nonviolence.
• Later he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
• Today: A role model for many people all over the world. 

                          Martin Luther King holding his speech - I Have a Dream

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. Even though he grew up in a poor family, he became a lawyer. In 1842 he married Mary Todd and they got 4 children, all of them boys.

In 1856 he affiliated to The Republicans Party, which was a new party at that time. He became the vice-president candidate and in 1861 he won the presidential election and became the 16^th President of United States. Abraham Lincoln successfully led the United States through its greatest constitution, military and moral crises – the American Civil War. He ended slavery when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. We have read a speech of him from November 19, 1863 were he spoke about equality. The speech became one of the most famous speeches in the world.

Abraham Lincoln was killed in April 1865, and it was the first assassination of a U.S. president and sent the nation into mourning.  

Henry Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski was born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski, August 16, 1920 In Germany. When he was 3 years old he moved with his father, Charles who was an American soldier, and mother, Katharina who was a German, to USA. As the age 6-11 he got beat by his father and it had helped his written as he came to understand undeserved pain. He joined Los Angeles City College from 1939 to 1941 just before Second World War and after that he moved to New York so he could begin his career as a writer.  He has wrote thousand poems, hundreds of short stories and 6 novels and his written were influenced by social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles .It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work. We have read one of his texts “Son of Satan”. He died by leukemia March 9, 1994 as the age 73