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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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