Civil Disobedience

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Civil Disobedience

CRIME

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Susan B. Anthony Activist 15-Feb-1820 13-Mar-1906 Women's rights advocate

Arthur Ashe Tennis 10-Jul-1943 6-Feb-1993 First black man to win Wimbledon

Joan Baez Singer/Songwriter 9-Jan-1941 Diamonds and Rust

Dennis Brutus Poet 28-Nov-1924 26-Dec-2009 Sirens, Knuckles and Boots

Amy Carter Relative 19-Oct-1967 Daughter of President Jimmy Carter

Ward Churchill Activist 2-Oct-1947 Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann

William L. Clay Politician 30-Apr-1931 Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001

Peter Cundall TV Personality 1-Apr-1927 Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008

Kim Dae-Jung Head of State 3-Dec-1925 18-Aug-2009 South Korean President, 1998-2003

Dorothy Day Activist 8-Nov-1897 29-Nov-1980 Founder of the Catholic Worker movement

Daniel Ellsberg Government 7-Apr-1931 Pentagon Papers source

Walter E. Fauntroy Activist 6-Feb-1933 Congressman from DC, 1971-91

Peter Fonda Actor 23-Feb-1940 Easy Rider

Whoopi Goldberg Actor 13-Nov-1955 Sister Act

Dick Gregory Activist 12-Oct-1932 Autobiography: NIGGER!

Daniel Hamburg Politician 6-Oct-1948 Congressman from California, 1993-95

Daryl Hannah Actor 3-Dec-1960 Splash

Charles A. Hayes Politician 17-Feb-1918 8-Apr-1997 Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93

Ken Hechler Politician 20-Sep-1914 Congressman from West Virginia, 1959-77

Chris Hedges Journalist 18-Sep-1956 War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

John Hume Politician 18-Jan-1937 Northern Ireland pol, Nobel recipient

Peter H. Irons Activist 11-Aug-1940 A People's History of the Supreme Court

Martin Luther King Activist 15-Jan-1929 4-Apr-1968 Pacifist civil rights activist

Albert Lutuli Activist c. 1898 21-Jul-1967 ANC president, Nobel Prize recipient

Emmeline Pankhurst Activist 14-Jul-1857 14-Jun-1928 Militant suffragette

Alice Paul Activist 11-Jan-1885 9-Jul-1977 Suffragette

Pope Pius VIII Religion 20-Nov-1761 30-Nov-1830 Pope for 20 months, maybe poisoned

Bobby Rush Politician 23-Nov-1946 Congressman, Illinois 1st

Bayard Rustin Activist 17-Mar-1910 24-Aug-1987 Organized the 1963 March on Washington

José Serrano Politician 24-Oct-1943 Congressman, New York 16th

Cindy Sheehan Activist 10-Jul-1957 Peace Mom

Henry David Thoreau Author 12-Jul-1817 6-May-1862 Walden

Cornel West Activist 2-Jun-1953 Prominent blackademic

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