Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

male, deceased (1968)
I Have a Dream, assassinated, American Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence, Christian, peacemaker…socialjustice, justice
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...
Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

male, 87 years old
American military personnel of World War II, Marxist, tax resister, American Civil Rights Movement, anarchist, Playwright…social criticism, Social democracy, social critic, socialjustice
Howard Zinn (born August 24, 1922) is an American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright, best known as author of...
Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein

female, 39 years old
No Logo, anti-globalization movement, writer, author, activist, Canadian…socialjustice, Physician for Social Responsibility
Naomi Klein is a Canadian journalist, author and activist. Her grandfather was fired for labor organizing at Disney in the United States. Her...
Jim Wallis

Jim Wallis

male, 61 years old
Sojourners Magazine, peace, from Detroit, trinity evangelical divinity school, Sojourners, American Civil Rights Movement…socialjustice
The Reverend Jim Wallis (b. June 4 1948, Detroit, Michigan) is an Evangelical Christian writer and political activist, best known as the founder...
Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

female, deceased (1997)
humanitarian, Nobel Laureate, nun, beatified, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, calcutta…socialjustice
Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was a Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979...
Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

male, deceased (1274)
Doctor Communis, Summa Theologica, Order of Preacher, Latin writer, canon law, christian apologetics…socialjustice
Saint Thomas Aquinas (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 - 7 March 1274) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers, a...
Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva

female, 57 years old
anti-globalization, alter-globalization movement, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, author, environmentalist, physicist…World Social Forum, socialjustice
Vandana Shiva (b. November 5, 1952, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India), is a physicist, ecofeminist, environmental activist and author. Shiva,...
Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…socialjustice
Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...
Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks

female, 57 years old
Feminist, African-American, intellectual, gender, activist, Scholar…social class, Social Activist, justice, economic justice, socialjustice
Gloria Jean Watkins (born on September 25, 1952), better known as bell hooks is an African-American intellectual, feminist, and social activist....
Van Jones

Van Jones

male, 41 years old (San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States)
Human Rights, Executive Director, Legal Services, Alameda county, Yale Law School Alumni, San Francisco Police Commission…environmental justice, criminal justice system, Social Venture Network, socialjustice, social inequality
Van Jones (1968-) is a civil rights and human rights advocate in Oakland, CA working to combine solutions to social inequality and environmental...