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Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ TOON-berry; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
SCLC activist and organizer, a voting rights movement leader, trade unionist Gerd Fleischer: 1942 Norway: human rights activist Peter Tosh: 1944 1987 Jamaica: Marijuana legalization activist, promoter of the rights of Africans within Africa as well as Black people across the diaspora, reggae musician. Marsha P. Johnson: 1945 1992 United States
Elisha Wiesel (born 1972), hedge fund manager and activist [428] Phill Wilson (born 1956, Chicago, Illinois), co-founder of the National Black Lesbian & Gay Leadership Forum and founder of The Black AIDS Institute. [429] [430] Evan Wolfson [431] [432] William E. Woods (1949–2008), a gay rights activist in Hawaii who in 1991 set in motion the ...
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights. She and several other Black teenagers were with the Rev. Martin ...
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
2 – Brent Hawkes (1950–), Canadian pastor & LGBT rights activist; 2 – Wentworth Miller (1972–), English-born American actor and screenwriter; 2 – Zachary Quinto (1977–), American actor; 2 – Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer; 3 – Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997 ...
Cecilia Gentili, an Argentina-born artist and activist known for her work in the immigrant and transgender rights movements in New York City, is being widely remembered following her death last ...