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1983 Nobel Peace Prize; Former President of Poland 1990-1995
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2016 Socialist Party USA nominee for Vice President, 2020 Green Party nominee for Vice President
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Edwin Walker (3)
11/10/1909-10/31/1993 US Army officer fought in WW2 & Korean. Known for ultra-conservative political views & criticized by Ike for promoting a personal political stand while in uniform/Lee Harvey Oswald attempted to kill him 4/10/1963 -
Member of the Little Rock Nine; group of African-American students who enrolled in all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal in 1999
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President of Nauru
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Original Organizer from Occupation of Alcatraz
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American lawyer and judge. He become known for his efforts to challenge the racially discriminatory practices at the University of Georgia School of Law
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French survivor of Auschwitz and heroine of the French Resistance. She moved to Manchester, England
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'Tuskegee Airmen' 'The Fighting 99th Squadron' the original Tuskegee group!
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Author and American abortion rights activist who was the first African American and the youngest president ever elected of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the first woman since Margaret Sanger to hold the position
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Ruby Ridge, Idaho standoff against Federal Agents
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Israeli political scientist and politician; 1992-1996 speaker of the Knesset; 2001-2003 Israeli ambassador in Poland
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Navy veteran, author, and candidate for Congress from NJ
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James West (3)Inventor
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Former Green Party mayor of New Paltz, NY
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1960's activist. 'The Weatherman,' group
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Leader of the, 'American Family Association,' and activist
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Graduate of Swarthmore College, retired teacher born 1945 author of Book 'Flying Too Close to the Sun' 1960's radical in USA injured along with Kathy Boudin in the 1970 Greenwich Village w 11 street NYC townhouse Explosion-currently resides in Brooklyn NY
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08/30/1901-09/08/1981 American Postage Stamp made from his image/Prominent civil rights activist from the 1930s-1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Member of the 'Clinton 12', where a dozen students became the first to integrate a school in the South in the fall of 1956
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Nobel peace laureate 1997
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'B-25 Tuskegee Airmen' 'Class of 43-J'
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Ray Williams (3)Australian politician, New South Wales minister for multiculturalism
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Peace Activist
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Diane Wilson (2)Environmental activist/fisherwoman from Seadrift, Texas, won Goldman Environmental Prize 2023. Goldman Environmental Prize is a award that honors grassroots environmental activists from around the world for their work to protect the planet
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Supercentenarian (1898-2009). One of the last surviving woman voters of the 1920 open election
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Freedom Rider
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Signer of the declation of independence/ the us constitution, appoint on the 1st supreme court by george washington, died in 1798
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Former US Diplomat involved with the Iraqi "Yellow Cake" uranium scandal. Married to Valerie Plame, who was outed as a CIA agent
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Activist
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Woman whose lawsuit, United States v. Windsor, caused the US Supreme Court to find Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional, thereby granting federal benefits to legally married gay couples; lesbian activist
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American jurist (1905 - 99). Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit during the 1950s and 1960s, deciding many landmark civil rights cases
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Lucian Lincoln 'Lin' Wood Jr. - American attorney, political commentator and Social media personality
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Wrongfully convicted As Drug Kingpin. Inspiration for 50 Cent-Produced Drama 'For Life' based on Wright's life
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Politician
