Activism
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Crispus Attucks
StevedoreCrispus Attucks was a stevedore of African and Native American descent, widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the American Revolution. He became an icon of the anti-slavery movement.
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Marcus Garvey
Founder, Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities LeagueMarcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (commonly known as UNIA).
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Tarana Burke
Founder, Me Too MovementTarana Burke is a civil rights activist from Bronx, New York who founded the Me Too Movement. In 2006, she began using the phrase "Me Too" on social media to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and assault in society.
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Rosa Parks
First Lady of Civil RightsRosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
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David Hogg
Founding Member, Never Again MSDDavid Hogg is a student who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018 and afterward became a gun control advocate and an activist against gun violence. He is one of twenty founding members of Never Again MSD.
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Matthew Shepard
Murder VictimMatthew Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramieon the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital, where he died six days later from severe head injuries.
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Kweku Mandela
Co-Founder, Africa Rising Foundation and Grandson, Nelson MandelaKweku Mandela is a producer, known for "Inescapable" (2012), "Mandela's Children" (2018) and "Dreamland" (2018). He is the grandson of Nelson Mandela, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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Kerry Kennedy
President, Robert F. Kennedy Human RightsKerry Kennedy is the seventh child and third daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel. She is also a niece of the late President John F. Kennedy and United States Senator Ted Kennedy, and a cousin of former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Leader, Indian independence MovementGandhi was an Indian activist, who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
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Naomi Wadler
ActivistMarch for Our Lives was a student-led demonstration in support of tighter gun control. Turnout was estimated to be between 1.2 and 2 million people, making it one of the largest protests in United States history. Participants included Naomi Wadler.
