CYBIOGRAPHY · Public life

Public Life — Leaders, Rights & Social Change

Explore sourced biographies of public figures, civil-rights leaders, education campaigners and humanitarian organizers through their actions, institutions and historical context.

5 independent editorial biographies. Each includes sources and an attributed portrait.

South Africa · Public life

Desmond Tutu

Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid campaigner

Pakistan · Public life

Malala Yousafzai

Education activist and author

United States · Public life

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil-rights leader and Baptist minister

India · Public life

Mother Teresa

Catholic religious sister and charity founder

South Africa · Public life

Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid leader and former president