Happy new year!In this issue we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I birthday with a profile of the great civil rights leader (seepage 8). King's courageous efforts to counter injustice Injustice American concentration camps 110,000 Japanese-Americans incarcerated during WWII. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 487] Bassianus murdered after being falsely accused. [Br. Lit. with nonviolent protest continue to inspire us. In our News Special (see pages 4-7), students can review key news events of the past year. What events do your students think were the most important of 2002? You and your students may enjoy comparing these events with news articles that have appeared in JS over the past 65 years. Log on to juniorscholatic.com for archived articles and covers selected as part of our 65th-anniversary celebration. Our World article on pages 12-15 features Uganda Uganda (y  gän`də, gän`dä), officially Republic of Uganda, republic (2005 est. pop. , an African nation
ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. by 17 years of civil war. Students will learn about young Ugandans who are struggling to reclaim their future amid the continual threat of kidnappings This is a list of kidnappings. Famous kidnappings
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