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Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
political activist, Judaic scholar, autobiographer, translator, journalist, humanist, philosopher, playwright
- Faculty of Arts of Paris
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
politician, comedian, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, professor, essayist, autobiographer, singer, television actor, stage actor, journalist, human rights activist
- California Labor School
Temple Grandin (born 1947)
zoologist, academic, activist, biologist
- Franklin Pierce University, Arizona State University
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
poet, psychotherapist, sociologist, literary critic, LGBTQ rights activist, political scientist, philosopher
- University of Chicago, City College of New York
Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
anarchist, journalist, political philosopher, women's rights activist, lecturer, publisher, peace activist, autobiographer, nurse, philosopher, politician, pacifist
Loren Cameron (1959-2022)
photographer, LGBTQ rights activist
Maajid Nawaz (born 1977)
politician, essayist, human rights activist, political activist
- London School of Economics and Political Science, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Zainab Salbi (born 1969)
activist, television presenter
- George Mason University, London School of Economics and Political Science