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The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
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Also Known As Francisco Alves Mendes, Jr.
Born December 15, 1944 • Brazil
Died December 22, 1988 (aged 44) • Brazil

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Canadian environmental activist
David Suzuki
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Canadian scientist, television personality, author, and activist
Luisa Moreno
Guatemalan-born labor organizer and civil rights activist
A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph
American civil-rights activist
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill
American activist
Anil Kumar Agarwal
Indian journalist and scholar
Mildred Loving
American civil rights activist
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
Jack Patten
Australian Aboriginal leader
Suzan Shown Harjo
Native American activist
Leonard Woodcock
American labor leader and diplomat
Sidney Webb
British economist
Albert Shanker
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Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
American clergyman
Mo Udall
American politician
Beatrice Webb
British economist
Leonora O’Reilly
American labor leader and reformer
David Dellinger
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David Beck
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W. A. Boyle
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