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Selected Activists and Reformers

  • Abernathy, Ralph David, civil-rights leader Anthony, Susan Brownell, reformer and leader of the woman-suffrage movement Arnoldson, Klas Pontus, journalist and peace advocate Bailey, Gamaliel, abolitionist editor Baker, Ella, civil rights activist Baldwin, Roger Nash, civil libertarian Banks, Dennis, activist Barnardo, Thomas John, social reformer Barrows, Samuel June, clergyman and reformer Bell, Theresa Hayward, Indian activist Bergh, Henry, philanthropist Berrigan brothers, priests, writers, and social activists Birney, James Gillespie, abolitionist Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, reformer Bloor, Ella Reeve, radical Boggs, Grace Lee, activist Brace, Charles Loring, clergyman and social reformer Bradlaugh, Charles, social reformer Brent, Margaret, early feminist Brown, John, antislavery activist Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, social reformer Cadbury, Dame Elizabeth, social worker and philanthropist Carmichael, Stokely, social activist Catt, Carrie Chapman, suffragist and peace advocate Chadwick, Sir Edwin, social reformer Chavez, Cesar, activist Child, Lydia Maria, author and abolitionist Cleaver, Eldridge, activist, writer Coffin, Levi, abolitionist Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., social activist Corrigan, Mairead, social activist Coxey, Jacob Sechler, social reformer Crenshaw, Anne Clay, advocate of women’s voting rights Davies, Emily, feminist Davis, Angela, political activist, author Davis, Paulina Wright, lecturer and suffragist Day, Dorothy, social activist, journalist, and cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement Delany, Martin Robinson, black leader Dix, Dorothea Lynde, social reformer Douglass, Frederick, abolitionist Du Bois, W. E. B., civil-rights leader and author Dunant, Jean Henri, philanthropist and founder of the International Red Cross Duniway, Abigail Scott, editor and advocate of women’s rights Eaton, Dorman Bridgman, reformer Edelman, Marian Wright, lawyer, civil rights activist, children’s advocate Equiano, Olaudah, abolitionist, writer Evers, Medgar, civil rights leader Evers-Williams, Myrlie, civil rights leader Fanon, Frantz Omar, psychiatrist Farmer, James, civil rights leader Fee, John Gregg, abolitionist clergyman Flesche, Susette La, reformer, writer, and lecturer Foster, Abigail Kelley, abolitionist and advocate of women’s rights Fried, Alfred Hermann, pacifist Friedan, Betty Naomi, social reformer and feminist Fuller, Margaret, writer and lecturer Garrett, Thomas, abolitionist Garrison, William Lloyd, abolitionist Garvey, Marcus, proponent of black nationalism Gerry, Elbridge Thomas, reformer Giddings, Joshua Reed, abolitionist Gordon, Bruce S., business executive and civil-rights leader Greensboro Four, civil rights activists Grimké, Angelina Emily, abolitionist and advocate of women’s rights Grimké, Archibald Henry, author and crusader for black advancement Grimké, Sarah Moore, abolitionist and advocate of women’s rights Hall, Prince, clergyman, abolitionist Hamer, Fannie Lou (Townsend), civil rights activist Hayden, Tom, political activist Henson, Josiah, black slave Hirabayashi, Gordon Kiyoshi, activist Hirsch, Maurice, baron de, financier and philanthropist Hooks, Benjamin Lawson, black leader Houston, Charles Hamilton, civil-rights attorney Howe, Julia Ward, social reformer, writer Howe, Samuel Gridley, reformer and philanthropist Innis, Roy, civil-rights leader Jacobs, Jane, urbanologist James, Meredith,, civil-rights leader, author Jones, Samuel Milton, inventor, manufacturer, reformer Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., civil-rights leader and lawyer Keller, Helen, activist Kelley, Florence, social worker and reformer King, Coretta Scott, civil rights figure King, Martin Luther, Jr., clergyman and civil rights leader Korematsu, Fred, activist La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Franí§ois Alexandre Frédéric, social reformer Ladd, William, pacifist LaDuke, Winona, activist, writer Lange, Christian Louis, pacifist Lawrence, Amos Adams, colonizer and philanthropist Lewis, John R., civil rights leader and U.S. Representative (D.-Ga) Lloyd, Henry Demarest, reformer Lockwood, Belva Ann, lawyer and women’s rights activist Lovejoy, Elijah Parish, abolitionist Low, Juliette Daisy Gordon, founder of the Girl Scouts Lundy, Benjamin, abolitionist Maathai, Wangari, conservationist Martí®, José, revolutionary, journalist McKissick, Floyd, lawyer, civil rights leader Means, Russell, activist, actor Menchú, Rigoberta, social reformer Mering, Clay, philanthropist Mfume, Kweisi, NAACP leader Milk, Harvey, politician and activist Mills, Heather, activist, model Montefiore, Sir Moses Haim, philanthropist Mott, Lucretia Coffin, feminist and reformer Muhammad, Benjamin Franklin Chavis, civil-rights and religious leader Nader, Ralph, activist, political figure Nation, Carry Moore, temperance advocate Newton, Huey, black activist Nightingale, Florence, nurse, activist Ossietzky, Carl von, pacifist Owen, Robert, social reformer and socialist Owen, Robert Dale, social reformer Pankhurst, Emmeline Goulden, woman suffragist Parks, Rosa Louise, civil-rights activist Paul, Alice, activist Phillips, Wendell, reformer and orator Prosser, Gabriel, slave revolt leader Quidde, Ludwig, pacifist and historian Riis, Jacob August, journalist and social reformer Rotblat, Sir Joseph, physicist and anti-nuclear weapons activist Rustin, Bayard, civil rights activist Sakharov, Andrei Dmitriyevich, nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, journalist Sanger, Margaret, social reformer Seale, Bobby, black activist Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, social reformer Sharp, Granville, reformer Sharpton, Al, Jr., civil rights activist and minister Shaw, Anna Howard, woman-suffrage leader Sheehan, Cindy, activist Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy, philanthropist, mental health activist Shuttlesworth, Fred, civil rights activist, minister Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, reformer Steele, C. K., civil rights activist Stopes, Marie, activist, writer, scientist Terrell, Mary Eliza Church, civil rights and women’s rights activist Thayer, Eli, abolitionist Toussaint, Pierre, philanthropist Townsend, Francis Everett, reformer Truth, Sojourner, activist, orator Tubman, Harriet, abolitionist Tuke, William, merchant and philanthropist Turner, Nat, slave Untermyer, Samuel, lawyer and civic leader Valentine, Lila Meade, activist Vesey, Denmark, carpenter, antislavery activist Walker, Mary Edwards, surgeon and feminist Wattleton, (Alyce) Faye, activist Weld, Theodore Dwight, abolitionist Wells, Emmeline Blanche Woodward, community leader and suffragist Wells-Barnett, Ida B., civil-rights advocate and feminist Wilkins, Roy, social reformer and civil-rights leader Willard, Frances Elizabeth, temperance leader and reformer Williams, Jody, activist Wollstonecraft, Mary, author and feminist Woodhull, Victoria Claflin, activist, social reformer Wright, Elizur, American actuary and antislavery leader Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr., leader, clergyman, and public official Young, Whitney M., Jr., social reformer

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