GreatFiguresWhatdoyouknowaboutAbrahamLincolnandMartinLutherKing?AbrahamLincoln

AbrahamLincolnservedasthe16thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesfromMarch1861untilhisassassinationinApril1865.LincolnissuedtheEmancipationProclamationin1863,abolishingslavery.GettysburgAddressThisnation,underGod,shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom—andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.國家在上帝保佑下得到自由的新生，并且使這個民有、民治、民享的政府永世長存。

Lincolnsuccessfullyguidedhiscountrythroughitsgreatestinternalcrisis,theAmericanCivilWar,preservingtheUnionandendingslavery.TheAmericanCivilWarLincolnwasshotandkilledatFord'sTheatrewithhiswifeinWashington,D.C.

AbrahamLincolnisconsideredbymanyhistorianstohavebeenoneofthegreatestAmericanpresidents.TheImpactofAbrahamLincoln

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ChangingtheAmericanpeople’opinionontheblackpeople.MakingboththeblackpeopleandtheAmericanhavemorechancetolearnfromeachother.Makingtheculturebothofthembediversifiedasameltingpot.MartinLutherKing,Jr.

MartinLutherKinghasbeenconsideredasthemostfamousleaderoftheAmericancivilrightsmovement.Thebusboycott(罷車):MartinLutherKingcalledonthewholecitytoresisttransitmethodforoneyear,forcinglocaltransportationcourtcancelontheseat.MartinLutherKingformedtheSouthernChristianLeadershipConference(SCLC)tocoordinatenonviolentprotestsanddeliveredover2,500speechesaddressingAmerica'sracialinjustices,withIHaveaDreambeinghismostmemorable.In1964,MartinLutherKingwasawardedtheNobelpeaceprizeandturnedovertheprizemoneyof$54,123tothefurtheranceofthecivilrightsmovement.MartinLutherKingwasthreatenedmanytimesandhewasshotandassassinatedbyaracistinthehotelbalconyonApril4,1968.MartinLutherKing'sLegacyWithhisaccumulatedtravelofoversixmillionmiles,Kingtraveledtheworldgivingover2,500speeches,writingfivebooks,participatingineightmajornonviolentrecoursestoeffectsocialchange,andwasarrestedover20times.InNovember1983,PresidentRonaldReaganhonoredMartinLutherKing,Jr.bycreatinganationalholidaytocelebratethemanwhodidsomuchfortheUnitedStates.Doyouknowthem?OprahWinfrey

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HaveyoueverheardofRacialHarmonyDay?

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Whatisracialharmony?Doyouhavefriendsfromotherraces?Howwelldoyouknowthem?

WhyisracialharmonyimportantinChina?RacialHarmonyDayiscelebratedannuallyon21JulyinSingapore.Theeventistocommemoratethe1964RaceRiots,whichtookplaceon21July1964.RacialHarmonyDayalsorepresentsadayforschoolstoreflecton,andcelebrateSingapore'ssuccessasaraciallyharmoniousnationandsocietybuiltonarichdiversityofcultureandheritage.

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