American Activist
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| A. J. Muste |
January 8, 1885 |
February 11, 1967 |
| A. Philip Randolph |
January 15, 1889 |
May 16, 1979 |
| Abbie Hoffman |
November 30, 1936 |
April 12, 1989 |
| Alice Paul |
January 11, 1885 |
July 9, 1977 |
| Ammon Hennacy |
July 24, 1893 |
January 14, 1970 |
| Amos Adams Lawrence |
1814 |
1886 |
| Andrew Goodman |
November 23, 1943 |
June 21, 1964 |
| Andy Stern |
November 22, 1950 |
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| Angela Davis |
January 26, 1944 |
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| Angelina Grimke |
1805 |
1879 |
| Anna Howard Shaw |
February 14, 1847 |
July 2, 1919 |
| Barbara Smith |
December 16, 1946 |
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| Benjamin Tucker |
April 17, 1854 |
June 22, 1939 |
| Betty Friedan |
February 4, 1921 |
February 4, 2006 |
| Betty Shabazz |
May 28, 1936 |
June 23, 1997 |
| Bob Black |
January 4, 1951 |
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| Bobby Seale |
October 22, 1936 |
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| Carrie Chapman Catt |
January 9, 1859 |
1947 |
| Carry Nation |
November 25, 1846 |
June 9, 1911 |
| Catharine MacKinnon |
October 7, 1946 |
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| Catherine Booth |
January 17, 1829 |
October 4, 1890 |
| Cesar Chavez |
March 31, 1927 |
April 23, 1993 |
| Charles Adams |
May 29, 1770 |
November 30, 1800 |
| Charles Evers |
September 11, 1922 |
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| Charlotte Bunch |
October 13, 1944 |
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| Cherrie Moraga |
September 25, 1952 |
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| Cindy Sheehan |
July 10, 1957 |
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| Colman McCarthy |
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| Constance Baker Motley |
September 14, 1921 |
September 28, 2005 |
| Coretta Scott King |
April 27, 1927 |
January 31, 2006 |
| Daisy Bates |
November 11, 1914 |
November 4, 1999 |
| David Korten |
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| David Mixner |
August 16, 1946 |
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| David Wilmot |
January 20, 1814 |
March 16, 1868 |
| Dolores Huerta |
April 10, 1930 |
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| Dorothy Day |
November 8, 1897 |
November 29, 1980 |
| Dorothy Height |
March 24, 1912 |
April 20, 2010 |
| Earl Browder |
May 20, 1891 |
June 27, 1973 |
| Eldridge Cleaver |
August 31, 1935 |
May 1, 1998 |
| Eliza Farnham |
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| Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
November 12, 1815 |
October 26, 1902 |
| Ella Baker |
December 13, 1903 |
December 13, 1986 |
| Ellen Malcolm |
February 2, 1947 |
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| Emma Willard |
February 23, 1787 |
April 15, 1870 |
| Ethel Percy Andrus |
September 21, 1884 |
July 13, 1967 |
| Fannie Lou Hamer |
October 6, 1917 |
March 14, 1977 |
| Florence Kelley |
September 12, 1859 |
February 17, 1932 |
| Frances E. Willard |
September 28, 1839 |
February 17, 1898 |
| Francis John McConnell |
August 18, 1871 |
August 18, 1953 |
| Fred Hampton |
August 30, 1948 |
December 4, 1969 |
| George Jackson |
September 23, 1941 |
August 21, 1971 |
| George Lincoln Rockwell |
March 9, 1918 |
August 25, 1967 |
| George Meany |
August 16, 1894 |
January 10, 1980 |
| George Ripley |
1802 |
1880 |
| Gloria Steinem |
March 25, 1934 |
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| Grace Abbott |
November 17, 1878 |
June 19, 1939 |
| H. Rap Brown |
October 4, 1943 |
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| Harriet Tubman |
1820 |
1913 |
| Harry Bridges |
July 28, 1902 |
March 30, 1990 |
| Henrietta Szold |
December 21, 1860 |
February 13, 1945 |
| Henry Bergh |
August 29, 1811 |
March 12, 1888 |
| Henry Hampton |
August 19, 1940 |
November 22, 1998 |
| Huey Newton |
February 17, 1942 |
August 22, 1989 |
| Ida B. Wells |
July 16, 1862 |
March 25, 1931 |
| Ira Glasser |
1938 |
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| Jack Herer |
1939 |
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| Jack Kevorkian |
May 28, 1928 |
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| James Brady |
August 29, 1940 |
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| James Garner |
April 7, 1928 |
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| James L. Farmer, Jr. |
January 12, 1920 |
July 9, 1999 |
| James P. Cannon |
February 11, 1890 |
August 21, 1974 |
| Jane Addams |
September 6, 1860 |
May 21, 1935 |
| Jane Elliott |
1933 |
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| Jean O'Leary |
March 4, 1948 |
June 4, 2005 |
| Jerry Rubin |
July 14, 1938 |
November 28, 1994 |
| Jesse Jackson |
October 8, 1941 |
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| Jim Hightower |
January 11, 1943 |
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| Jimmy Hoffa |
February 14, 1913 |
July 30, 1975 |
| Joe Hill |
October 7, 1879 |
1915 |
| John Gates |
1913 |
1992 |
| Joseph Sobran |
February 23, 1946 |
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| Josephine K. Henry |
February 22, 1846 |
1928 |
| Judith Ellen Foster |
1840 |
1910 |
| Julia Ward Howe |
May 27, 1819 |
October 17, 1910 |
| Julian Bond |
January 14, 1940 |
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| Kate Millett |
September 14, 1934 |
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| Kathy Acker |
April 18, 1947 |
November 30, 1997 |
| Lane Kirkland |
March 12, 1922 |
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| Leonard Woodcock |
February 15, 1911 |
January 16, 2001 |
| Louis Farrakhan |
May 11, 1933 |
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| Lucretia Mott |
January 3, 1793 |
November 11, 1880 |
| Lucy Stone |
August 13, 1818 |
October 18, 1893 |
| Lydia M. Child |
1802 |
1880 |
| Maggie Kuhn |
August 3, 1905 |
April 22, 1995 |
| Malcolm X |
May 19, 1925 |
February 21, 1965 |
| Margaret Sanger |
September 14, 1879 |
September 6, 1966 |
| Marian Wright Edelman |
June 6, 1939 |
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| Martha Shelley |
December 27, 1943 |
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| Mary Church Terrell |
September 23, 1863 |
July 24, 1954 |
| Mary Harris Jones |
August 1, 1837 |
November 30, 1930 |