Allan Boesak

Allan Boesak

male, 64 years old
dutch reformed church, Fraud, cleric, politician, apartheid, activist…RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward
Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak (23 February 1945 -) is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric and was a politician and anti-apartheid activist....
Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

male, 87 years old
American military personnel of World War II, Marxist, tax resister, American Civil Rights Movement, anarchist, Playwright…Historian of anarchism, A People's History of the United States, Historian of the United States, RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward
Howard Zinn (born August 24, 1922) is an American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright, best known as author of...
Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day

female, deceased (1980)
Roman Catholic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, Christian, sexual revolution, industrial worker of the world, Anti-war activist…RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward, Member of the Socialist Party of America, Servant of God, Editor of Christian publications, The Eleventh Virgin
Dorothy Day was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known for her social justice...
Winona Laduke

Winona Laduke

female, 50 years old
Harvard University alumni, From Ashland, Oregon, American women writer, US Green Party politician, actor, American…RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward, The Power, University of Minnesota
Winona LaDuke , 37 years old, lives on the White Earth Chippewa Reservation in Northern Minnesota with her two children. LaDuke began working on...
Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

female, 52 years old
journalist, human rights movement, peace, Los Angeles Times, political pundit, Broadcast Journalist…RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward
Amy Goodman is an American progressive broadcast journalist and author. A 1984 graduate of Harvard University, Goodman is best known as the...
Joan Baez

Joan Baez

female, 68 years old
Diamonds & Rust, Pacifist, singer, American anti-war activist, guitarist, Folk singer…Black is the Color of My True Love's Hai, Winds Of The Old Days, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, The Rolling Stones, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano...
Daniel Berrigan

Daniel Berrigan

male, 88 years old
Christian, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive, Anti-war activist, Fordham University faculty, Irish-American, American Christian socialist…RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward
Daniel Berrigan, S.J. (born May 9, 1921) is a poet, American peace activist, and Roman Catholic priest. Daniel and his brother Philip performed...
Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory

male, 77 years old
American middle distance runner, From st. louis, missouri, writer, vegetarian, U.S. Army, From St. Louis…RecipientoftheThomasMertonAward
It's important to note that no biography of Dick Gregory would be complete without mentioning that he and his beloved wife, Lil, had ten kids who...
Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman

female, 70 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
activist, Spelman College Alumni, new republic, Children's rights, Yale Law School Alumni, American…the rights of child, Barnard Medal of Distinction, Community of Christ International Peace Award, Silver Buffalo Award, Boy Scouts of America
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president...