Did you know?- J.K. Rowling was a bilingual secretary for Amnesty International.
- Maya Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and once staged a protest at the United Nations.
- Agatha Christie served as a nurse in a Red Cross Hospital during World War 1.
- Langston Hughes worked as a seaman on voyages to Africa and Europe.
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