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Also Known As Francisco Alves Mendes, Jr.
Born December 15, 1944 • Brazil
Died December 22, 1988 (aged 44) • Brazil

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Canadian environmental activist
David Suzuki
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Canadian scientist, television personality, author, and activist
Luisa Moreno
Guatemalan-born labor organizer and civil rights activist
A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph
American civil-rights activist
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill
American activist
Anil Kumar Agarwal
Indian journalist and scholar
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
Jack Patten
Australian Aboriginal leader
Suzan Shown Harjo
Native American activist
Mildred Loving
American civil rights activist
Leonora O’Reilly
American labor leader and reformer
Sidney Webb
British economist
David Dellinger
American peace activist
Mo Udall
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Leonard Woodcock
American labor leader and diplomat
Beatrice Webb
British economist
Albert Shanker
American labor leader
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
American clergyman
W. A. Boyle
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David Beck
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