Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 , Yunus founded a citizen 's committee and ran the Bangladesh Information Center , with other Bangladeshis living in the United States , to raise support for liberation .
Simplified: During the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 , Yunus and other people from Bangladesh living in the United States started a citizens committee and controlled the Bangladesh Information Center to find help for the war .