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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 ...
Civil rights activist, leader, and the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement: Willa Brown: 1906 1992 United States: civil rights activist, first African-American lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol, first African-American woman to run for Congress: Walter P. Reuther: 1907 1970 United States: labor leader and civil rights activist T.R.M ...
Greek-American women's rights activist, former First Lady of Greece and writer [27] Guy Charmot: 1914–2019: 104: French military doctor and resistance member during World War II [28] Al H. Chesser: 1914–2016: 102: American labor union leader [29] Leonora Cohen: 1873–1978: 105: British suffragette [30] Annie Lee Cooper: 1910–2010: 100
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
This is a list of lists of activists. List of abolitionists; ... List of civil rights leaders; List of disability rights activists; List of environmental organizations;
Emma Goldman (1869–1940) – Russian/American activist imprisoned in the U.S. for opposition to World War I Amy Goodman (born 1957) – American journalist, host of Democracy Now! Alice Hamilton (1869–1970) – American physician, toxicologist, humanitarian and peace activist
She was the only woman in King's inner circle of aides, serving as a planner, activist and leader. She trained thousands of activists to participate in nonviolent action, voter rights efforts and ...
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]