civil rights advocate

People documented with this occupation by Wikidata.

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Alice Walker

Actors, Authors, Public leaders · 🇺🇸 United States

American author and activist (born 1944)

Arthur George Gaston

Business leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

African-American civil right leader (1892-1996)

Audre Lorde

Authors, Public leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)

B. R. Ambedkar

Artists, Authors, Business leaders · 🇮🇳 India

Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer (1891–1956)

Bärbel Bohley

Artists, Public leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇩🇪 Germany

German artist and politician (1945-2010)

Bayard Rustin

Public leaders, civil rights advocate, political campaign staff · 🇺🇸 United States

American civil rights activist (1912–1987)

Booker T. Washington

Authors, Business leaders, Public leaders · 🇺🇸 United States

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

Carrie Williams Clifford

Authors, Public leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

American writer and activist

Charles Fletcher Lummis

Authors, Public leaders, adventurer · 🇺🇸 United States

American historian, photographer, and activist (1859–1928)

Charlton Heston

Actors, Authors, Directors · 🇺🇸 United States

American actor (1923–2008)

Dan Barker

Authors, Musicians, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

American atheist activist

Ehrhart Neubert

Authors, Public leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇩🇪 Germany

German politician and theologian (1940–2024)

Harvey Milk

Authors, Public leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

American politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)

Hosea Williams

Public leaders, Scientists, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

American civil rights leader and activist

Jens Reich

Public leaders, Scientists, civil rights advocate · 🇩🇪 Germany

German scientist

John Africa

Business leaders, civil rights advocate · 🇺🇸 United States

American civil rights activist (1931–1985)

Jonathan Jackson

Business leaders, Public leaders, academic · 🇺🇸 United States

American politician, activist, and businessman (born 1966)

Josephine Baker

Actors, Artists, Authors · 🇺🇸 France, United States

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

Katrin Hattenhauer

Artists, civil rights advocate · 🇩🇪 Germany

German painter

Leymah Gbowee

Business leaders, Public leaders, civil rights advocate ·

Liberian peace activist (born 1972)