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Famous Activists

Author Nationality Year
Joseph Sobran American 1946 - 2010
Judith Ellen Foster American
Julia Ward Howe American 1819 - 1910
Julian Assange Australian 1971
Julian Bond American 1940 - 2015
Kate Millett, Tiny Kate Millett American 1934 - 2017
Kathy Acker American 1947 - 1997
Lane Kirkland American 1922 - 1999
Lech Walesa Polish 1943
Leonard Peltier, Tiny Leonard Peltier Ojibwa 1944
Leonard Woodcock American 1911 - 2001
Leymah Gbowee, Tiny Leymah Gbowee Liberian 1972
Louis Farrakhan American 1933
Lucretia Mott American 1793 - 1880
Lucy Stone American 1818 - 1893
Lydia M. Child American 1802 - 1880
Maggie Kuhn, Tiny Maggie Kuhn American 1905 - 1995
Malala Yousafzai, Tiny Malala Yousafzai Pakistani 1997
Malcolm X, Tiny Malcolm X American 1925 - 1965
Margaret Sanger American 1879 - 1966
Marian Wright Edelman, Tiny Marian Wright Edelman American 1939
Martha Shelley American 1943
Mary Antin Russian 1909 - 1949
Mary Harris Jones American 1837 - 1930
Mary Whitehouse British 1910 - 2001
Medgar Evers, Tiny Medgar Evers American 1925 - 1963
Michael Moore American 1954
Millicent Fawcett British 1847 - 1929
Mother Jones American 1837 - 1930
Nat Turner, Tiny Nat Turner American 1800 - 1831
Nhat Hanh, Tiny Nhat Hanh Vietnamese 1926
Noam Chomsky, Tiny Noam Chomsky American 1928
Norman Thomas American 1884 - 1968
Olympia Brown American 1853 - 1926
Patricia Ireland American 1945
Peace Pilgrim, Tiny Peace Pilgrim American 1908 - 1981
Peter Knights, Tiny Peter Knights British 1961
Philip S. W. Goldson, Tiny Philip S. W. Goldson Belizean 1923 - 2001
Phyllis Schlafly American 1924 - 2016
Rachel Corrie, Tiny Rachel Corrie American 1979 - 2003
Ralph Abernathy, Tiny Ralph Abernathy American 1926 - 1990
Ralph Chaplin American
Robert Emmet Irish 1780 - 1803
Robin Morgan American 1941
Roger Nash Baldwin American 1884 - 1981
Rosa Luxemburg, Tiny Rosa Luxemburg Russian 1870 - 1919
Rosa Parks, Tiny Rosa Parks American 1913 - 2005
Rose Schneiderman Polish 1882 - 1972
Russell Means American 1939 - 2012
Ruth First South African 1925 - 1982
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