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Artist; in 1978 designed the rainbow flag as a symbol of gay pride
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Jack Baker (4)Gay activist; husband of Michael McConnell; in Minnesota 1971 they became the first same-sex couple to marry in the US
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Michael Baker (5)Canadian physician, academic, and cancer researcher. Member of the Order of Canada
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1978 Supreme court decision. He was denied access to Med school (UC DAVIS)because of color quota.. Affirmative action
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Co-founder of A.I.M...(American Indian Movement)... 1960's wounded knee
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American environmentalist and labor leader
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Canadian entrepreneur & philanthropist. Member of the Order of Canada
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psychiatrist social activist
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Choral conductor, Teacher and Founder/Conductor Laureate of the Toronto Children's Chorus. Member of the Order of Canada
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Nigerian environmentalist activist and poet, elected chair of Friends of the Earth International, Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action
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Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Most ended up returning to the US; a maximum of 7 are still alive
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One of the founders of, 'American Conservative Union,'...right wing group
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History, civil rights in UK
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Management Professor, Author, Speaker, Consultant and Advocate for Working Parents
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Author, one of the founders of the make a wish foundation
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Professor at the Wharton School of the Univ of Pennsylvania, internationally bestselling author of Contagious, Invisible Influence, and The Catalyst. He is a world-renowned expert on change, word of mouth, viral marketing, social influence
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American motivational speaker, life coach, and author. Founder of HerFuture.com, a social networking and mentoring website for women. In 2009, she was featured in The NYT as a 'guru' for the next generation
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Social Activist Clergyman
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Former chair lady, US Commission on Civil Rights
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American author, playwright, poet and feminist activist. She is the eldest daughter of Barry Bingham, Sr., patriarch of the Bingham family of Louisville, KY which dominated the news media of the city and state for most of the 20th century
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In 1995, he and the organisation were awarded the Right Livelihood Award 'for their resolute defence of Hungary's Roma minority and effective efforts to aid their self-development.'
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'Courageous Eight' member who registered black voters in Selma in the 50s-60s. All others are verified passed, but can't find much information on Mr. Blackmon. Possibly/plausibly deceased
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Survivor, expert, activist and one of the country?s pre-eminent voices on the subject of bullying. She is the author of The New York Times bestselling memoir, Please Stop Laughing At Me? One Woman?s Inspirational Story
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Civil rights activist, born 1952. 'Bloody Sunday' and the Selma March to Montgomery, co-founder of the Voting Rights Museum in Selma
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YouTube star who started in 2005 and activist for the LGBTQ+ community (Born 1990)
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Episcopal priest who was special assistant for religious affairs to D.C. mayors Marion Barry and Sharon Pratt Kelly. Blaxton wrote articles for publications and spoke at conferences on a variety of subjects
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President Texas NAACP/ties enabled him to make substantial changes, which include his handling of racial discrimination complaints against the Austin DPS that dismantled racial barriers that prevented minorities from becoming Texas Rangers
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American journalist, commentator, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times. In April 2021 Blow began hosting Prime with Charles M. Blow, a primetime show on the Black News Channel
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Canadian Businessman & Philanthropist
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Writer, Civil Right Activist. Born: 06/27/1915
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Became overnight internet meme by asking one question at the 2016 Town Hall Debate
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Jewish community leader
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Nobel prize winner 1970 for developement against world hunger. Born: 03/25/1914
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Indian actor , a social activist and rugby player
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Dutch officer for the Salvation Army, also writer
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Plaintiff in the case Bostock v. Clayton County, GA, heard by the US Supreme Court that helped end states' ability to fire employees solely for being members of the LGBT community
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One out of 4 who won nobel Peace price 2015 and she is from Tunis
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American author and speech expert. Co-editor of GIG: Americans Talk About Their Jobs. Co-wrote the screenplay for the film Basquiat. Has appeared on CNN, The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart, the BBC, and many others
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Martin Boyce (2)
Gay rights activist, veteran of the Stonewall uprising in 1969 -
One of the founders of 'The American Conservative Union'
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American Female Social Activist - Prominent Advocate For Gun Control In The United States Of America
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NYT bestselling author and speaker. Appeared on PBS-TV's Stories from the Stage. Recorded voices on Beavis and Butthead. 4-time Moth StorySLAM champion. Has performed two award-winning, critically-acclaimed comedic solo shows
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American Civil Rights Activist .As A 6 Year Old In 1960, She Became First African - American Child To Attend An All - White Elementary School In The US South Civil Rights Movement In Louisiana, New Orleans
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Surry County Deputy who took part in the Michael Vick investigation
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Tutored by Medgar Evers, Samuel Williams, J. Pious Barbour, & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as one of the 8 students in the only class Dr. King taught in his lifetime at Morehouse College/Known for activism, intellectual discipline, & oratory
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Tuskegee Airmen, Flew PT-17 Stearman, B-47, P-51 and F-80 Jet. Flew 20 different plane types
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Jennifer Brown (4)American Female Consultant. Award - Winning Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author And Diversity And Inclusion Expert. Founder of Jennifer Brown Consulting. Novel - 'Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change' (2016)
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Larry Brown (6)
Tuskegee Airmen -
American Former Female Civil Rights Activist, Wounded On 'Bloody Sunday' In Selma March In 1965. In 1968, Martin Luther King Hid Overnight At Her House In Greensboro After A Speech Two weeks Before His Assassination, As The KKK Searched The Area For Him
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Paul Butler (2) American lawyer, and current law professor of Georgetown. He is a leading criminal law scholar, particularly in the area of race and jury nullification. He has written 2 books including Chokehold: Policing Black Men
