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Arundhati Roy (born 1961)
essayist, political activist, actor, journalist, film actor, activist
- University of Delhi, Lawrence School, Lovedale
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
Alice Walker (born 1944)
poet, essayist, civil rights advocate, educator, actor, film producer, climate activist
- Sarah Lawrence College, Spelman College
Henning Mankell (1948-2015)
playwright, film director, human rights activist
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
pastor, preacher, civil rights advocate, human rights activist, peace activist, pacifist, politician
- Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary