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Deeds Not Words

Fifty years of polite petitions have achieved nothing. A 45-year-old widow decides to make the government afraid.

Emmeline Pankhurst|1903|3 min|
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A Handful of Salt

The British Empire controls everything. A 60-year-old lawyer decides the fight starts with salt.

Mahatma Gandhi|March 1930|3 min|
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Before This Decade Is Out

America is losing the Space Race. A president who knows nothing about rockets makes the biggest bet in history.

John F. Kennedy|May 1961|3 min|
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The Bus Ride Home

An 11-year-old in a war zone is asked to do something every adult is too afraid to try.

Malala Yousafzai|2009|3 min|