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This is a list of lists of activists. List of abolitionists; List of African-American abolitionists; List of African American activists; List of animal rights advocates;
Alt-right; Asian American movement; Autism rights movement movement advocating for the right of people who are considered neurally divergent (anti-psychiatry) Black Consciousness Movement; Black Lives Matter; Black Power movement; Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions; Brights movement; Chicano Movement; Children's rights movement; Civil rights ...
Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating ...
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement; Dorothy Detzer (1893–1981) – American feminist, peace activist, U.S. secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Amanda Deyo (1838–1917) – American Universalist minister, peace activist, correspondent
Helen Keller, American political activist [98] Martin Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader [99] [100] [101] Naomi Klein, Canadian author and social activist [102] Leszek KoĊakowski, Polish philosopher and communist dissident [103] [104] [105] Rosa Luxemburg, Polish philosopher and economist [106]
U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote nonviolent change via the ballot box, a ...
Now at 78, after working in child care and health care for most of her life, she's more engaged than ever. In 2015, she began volunteering with Elder Climate Action, which focuses on activating ...
Shani Dhanda (c. 1988) is a British disability activist.She was named to the BBC's 100 Women in 2020 and has been named to the Shaw Trust Power 100 on several occasions, earning the title of the UK's most influential disabled person in 2023.