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Jimmy Carter (born 1924)
naval officer, diplomat, politician, farmer, autobiographer, submariner, statesperson, environmentalist, businessperson, engineer, peace activist, human rights activist, humanitarian
- Georgia Southwestern State University, Georgia Tech
Tariq Ali (born 1943)
journalist, historian, peace activist, politician, film director, producer
- University of Oxford, University of the Punjab
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
pastor, preacher, civil rights advocate, human rights activist, peace activist, pacifist, politician
- Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary
Robert Jay Lifton (born 1926)
psychiatrist, historian, peace activist
- Cornell University, New York Medical College
Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970)
journalist, activist, trade unionist, peace activist
- Bryn Mawr College, Oberlin College
Arnold Zweig (1887-1968)
politician, playwright, peace activist
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
poet, peace activist, lyricist, suffragist
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
journalist, philosopher, women's rights activist, autobiographer, social reformer, social critic, suffragette, peace activist, human rights activist, political theorist, sociologist
- Rockford University