(born July 3, 1918) is a lawyer whose work as a housing activist and advocate has spanned over seven decades. Siegel was the first head of New York State?s Civil Rights Bureau and served as New York State?s solicitor general
An American computer professional, former CIA employee, and government contractor who leaked classified information from the U.S. National Security Agency in 2013
Thai world champion boxer, IBF world Minimumweight champion, beat Manny Melchor for world title, lost to Ricardo Lopez, politician and political activist
Born: 1937. Activist and long-time campaigner for civil rights for the British African-Caribbean community in Bristol, England. His campaigns were instrumental in paving the way for the first Race Relations Act, in 1965. He lives in the UK
1950s black student protester at Robert Russo Moton High School, born 1931. Led to one of the five cases part of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Career as a teacher and principal
Vietnam Marine/POW Hanoi Hilton/Shared prison cell with John McCain/Awarded two Silver Stars, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts, Legion of Merit with Combat 'V' Prisoner of War Medal/Retired at rank of lieutenant colonel
Environmental sociologist and author. Research involves environmental history, justice, & policy, leisure and recreation, gender and development, urban affairs, race relations, collective action and social movements, etc
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
As a girl, was one of the students connected to the Topeka, KS Brown v. Board of Education case. Her mother was the adult plaintiff on her behalf, along with several other Topeka area families. Her mother was also actively involved in organizing the case
Russo-British monarchist and historian. He is a former parliamentary candidate of the UK Independence Party and is the current nominal head of the House of Tolstoy, a Russian noble family. Direct descendant of Leo Tolstoy
Civil rights figure. Father a plaintiff on her behalf in Delaware's Belton v. Gebhart case that was part of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit
French lawyer and politician who served as Minister, first president of the European Parlement, former member of the Constitutional Council of France, survivor from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Von Moltke was a member of the the Kreisau Circle, an anti-Nazi resistance group co-founded by her husband Helmuth, who was executed for treason in 1945. Born: 03/29/1911
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
American lawyer and judge. He become known for his efforts to challenge the racially discriminatory practices at the University of Georgia School of Law
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
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
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)
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
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
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
Son and grandson of Klansmen who joined ranks with the black students who were sitting-in, marching, fighting, and sometimes dying to challenge the Southern 'way of life' he had been raised on but rejected. Former field secretary of SNCC